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121To take down — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …
122Susan Blow — Susan Elizabeth Blow (Born June 7, 1843 in St. Louis, Missouri died March 26, 1916 in New York City) was a United States educator who opened the first successful public Kindergarten in the United States, she ran it for 11 years without getting… …
123Digging Your Scene: The Best of The Blow Monkeys — Greatest hits album by The Blow Monkeys Released February 4, 2008 Recorded 1984 1990 Genre …
124break down — verb 1. make ineffective (Freq. 3) Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination • Syn: ↑crush • Derivationally related forms: ↑breakdown • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑ …
125Knock down — n. 1. To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an assailant. [1913 Webster] 2. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock of the auctioneer s hammer; to sell at an auction; as, the vase was knoc …
126To blow up — Up Up ([u^]p), adv. [AS. up, upp, [=u]p; akin to OFries. up, op, D. op, OS. [=u]p, OHG. [=u]f, G. auf, Icel. & Sw. upp, Dan. op, Goth. iup, and probably to E. over. See {Over}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of …
127The Three-Day Blow — “The Three Day Blow” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, first published in his collection In Our Time in 1925. The story features Nick Adams, one of Hemingway’s recurring protagonists, appearing in at least a dozen of Hemingway’s stories… …
128knock|down — «NOK DOWN», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. irresistible; overwhelming: »a knockdown bargain. 2. constructed in separate parts, so as to be easily knocked down or taken apart for storage or moving: »Manufacturers have developed a large and growing… …
