distance (verb)
61locate — verb 1 find the position of sb/sth ADVERB ▪ accurately, correctly, precisely ▪ The machine can accurately locate radioactive material. ▪ quickly ▪ easily …
62be at pains — verb try very hard to do something • Syn: ↑take pains • Hypernyms: ↑endeavor, ↑endeavour, ↑strive • Verb Frames: Somebody s to INFINITIVE * * * TRY HARD, make a great effort, take ( …
63drag a bunt — verb hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑bunt • Derivationally related forms: ↑bunt (for: ↑bunt), ↑bunter (for: ↑ …
64log up — verb record a distance travelled; on planes and cars • Syn: ↑clock up • Hypernyms: ↑record, ↑enter, ↑put down • Verb Frames: Something s something …
65do a Reggie Perrin — verb To fake ones own suicide. Anyway, I went to Weymouth Yesterday,<![sic] capitalisation of Yesterday and sat on the beach thinking I could do a Reggie Perrin, so I took off all my clothes, and ran into the sea. I had planned to fake my own… …
66accomplish — verb /əˈkəm.plɪʃ,əˈkɔm.pliʃ/ a) To finish successfully. , That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Daniel 9:2 b) To complete, as time or distance. , He had accomplished half a league or more. Syn: do …
67do a number on — verb To damage; to treat harshly; to produce ill effects on. Last night, Harris went the distance and did a number on the Falcons, running for a career high 141 yards while carrying the ball more often than he ever has …
68stand off — verb a) To stand some distance apart form something or someone. He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched. b) To prevent any would be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture. We took hold of anything that might… …
69squinny — verb to squint Those who had equipped themselves with a price list were forced into the crude necessity of asking the drinkers to move so as to get some distance on the martyrs or to squinny at the numbered labels …
70gun it — verb To accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly. Youre going to have to gun it to pick up that much speed in such a short distance …
