kiss the ground

  • 1kiss the ground —    obsolete    to die    Referring to the involuntary falling and not in any way associated with the practice of kissing the tarmac to express your pleasure at arrival:     I will not yield    To kiss the ground before young Malcolm s feet.… …

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  • 2kiss the ground someone walks on — verb To praise someone highly. and when you shall teach me otherwise, I will not only embrace it, but will kiss the ground you walk on …

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  • 3kiss the ground — fall prostrate onto the ground, place one s face to the ground …

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  • 4kiss the ground — phrasal : to prostrate oneself as a sign of homage …

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  • 5Kiss — A romantic kiss This article is about the physically affectionate act. For other uses, see Kiss (disambiguation). For the municipality in Germany, see K …

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  • 6kiss — v. & n. v. 1 tr. touch with the lips, esp. as a sign of love, affection, greeting, or reverence. 2 tr. express (greeting or farewell) in this way. 3 absol. (of two persons) touch each others lips in this way. 4 tr. (also absol.) (of a snooker… …

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  • 7Kiss — • Four times in the Epistles of St. Paul is met the injunction, used as a sort of formula of farewell, Salute one another in a holy kiss (en philemati hagio), for which St. Peter (1 Pet., v, 14) substitutes in a kiss of love (en philemati agapes) …

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  • 8The Kiss (Klimt painting) — The Kiss Artist Gustav Klimt Year 1907 1908 Type Oil and gold leaf on canvas Dimensions 180 cm × 180 cm (70.9 in × 70.9 in) Location …

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  • 9The Animatrix — DVD Cover Directed by Wachowski brothers Koji Morimoto Shinichiro Watanabe Mahiro Maeda Peter Chung Andy Jones Yoshiaki Kawaji …

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  • 10The Vampire Diaries (season 2) — The Vampire Diaries Season 2 USA DVD box cover Country of origin United States …

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