down tools
51throw down one's tools — verb To go on strike …
52tool — 1 /tu:l/ noun (C) 1 something such as a hammer that you hold in your hand and use to do a particular job: Rob didn t have the right tool to repair the engine. 2 something such as a piece of equipment or skill that is useful for doing your job:… …
53tool — noun 1 instrument for making/repairing things ADJECTIVE ▪ general purpose, multi purpose ▪ basic, primitive, simple, standard, traditional ▪ craftsmen …
54tool — [[t]tu͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ tools 1) N COUNT A tool is any instrument or simple piece of equipment that you hold in your hands and use to do a particular kind of work. For example, spades, hammers, and knives are all tools. → See also machine tool I find… …
55tool — I UK [tuːl] / US [tul] noun [countable] Word forms tool : singular tool plural tools *** 1) a piece of equipment, usually one that you hold in your hand, that is designed to do a particular type of work kitchen/gardening/dental tools a set of… …
56tool — tool1 W2S2 [tu:l] n [: Old English; Origin: tol] 1.) something that you hold in your hand and use to do a particular job ▪ I don t have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine. ▪ a shop selling garden tools 2.) a piece of… …
57Into the Gap — Studio album by Thompson Twins Released February 1984 …
58Eight-hour day — Part of a series on Organized labour …
59Steyning Line — The Steyning Line (also known as the Adur Valley Line) was a railway line that connected the West Sussex market town of Horsham with the once bustling south coast port of Shoreham by Sea, with the possibility of an onward connection to Brighton.… …
60strike — 1. verb 1) the teacher struck Mary Syn: hit, slap, smack, beat, thrash, spank, thump, punch, cuff; cane, lash, whip, club; informal clout, schmuck, wallop, belt, whack, thwack …
