take a pew

  • 1take a pew — british spoken phrase used for telling someone in a friendly way to sit down with you Thesaurus: in a sitting positionsynonym Main entry: pew …

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  • 2take a pew! — ˌtake a ˈpew! idiom (BrE, informal, humorous) used to tell sb to sit down Main entry: ↑pewidiom …

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  • 3Take a pew. — British & Australian, humorous if you tell someone to take a pew, you are asking them to sit down. Come in and take a pew …

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  • 4take a pew — British spoken used for telling someone in a friendly way to sit down with you …

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  • 5pew — pew1 [ pju ] noun count a long wooden seat in a church take a pew BRITISH SPOKEN used for telling someone in a friendly way to sit down with you pew pew 2 [ pju ] interjection AMERICAN SPOKEN used for saying you smell something unpleasant …

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  • 6pew — UK [pjuː] / US [pju] noun [countable] Word forms pew : singular pew plural pews a long wooden seat in a church • take a pew …

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  • 7pew — pew1 [pju:] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: puie, from Latin podia, plural of podium; PODIUM] 1.) a long wooden seat in a church 2.) take a pew BrE spoken used humorously to invite someone to sit down pew 2 pew2 …

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  • 8Pew — chair; any place to sit down: take a pew …

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  • 9pew — Australian Slang chair; any place to sit down: take a pew …

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  • 10pew — n British a chair. A colloquialism usually heard in the verb form take a pew : sit down. This humorously elevated version of chair arose around the turn of the 20th century …

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