order around (verb)

  • 91fortify — verb (T) 1 to build towers, walls etc around an area or city in order to defend it: a fortified city 2 to encourage an attitude or feeling and make it stronger: Recent successes had fortified the team spirit. 3 (often passive) to make someone… …

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  • 92outflank — verb (T) 1 to go around the side of an enemy during a battle and attack them from behind 2 to gain an advantage over an opponent, especially in politics: The Tories found themselves outflanked by Labour on the issue of law and order …

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  • 93rotate — verb 1 (I, T) to turn around a fixed point, or to make something do this: a rotating blade 2 (I, T) if a job rotates, or if people rotate jobs, they each do the jobs for a fixed period of time, one after the other: The chairmanship of the… …

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  • 94tie-dye — verb (T) to tie string around parts of a piece of material and colour it with dye (=coloured liquid) in order to make a special pattern …

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  • 95comprehend — verb 1) Katie couldn t comprehend his message Syn: understand, grasp, take in, see, apprehend, follow, make sense of, fathom, get to the bottom of; unravel, decipher, interpret; informal work out, figure out, make head(s) or tail(s) of, get one s …

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  • 96have — verb 1) he had a new car Syn: possess, own, be in possession of, be the owner of; be blessed with, boast, enjoy; keep, retain, hold, occupy 2) the apartment has five rooms Syn: compr …

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  • 97trim — Verb: To put in order; to make neat. To balance a load or cargo. To decorate. To clip. To castrate. Noun: Woodwork around the windows and doors of a building. A position in which stage lights are placed for most effective and appropriate… …

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  • 98Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …

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  • 99go — go1 [ gou ] (past tense went [ went ] ; past participle gone [ gɔn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move/travel ▸ 2 travel to activity ▸ 3 continue to place/time ▸ 4 happen ▸ 5 be kept somewhere/fit ▸ 6 change to/be in state ▸ 7 get worse/stop working ▸ 8 die ▸… …

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  • 100go — 1 verb past tense went, past participle gone, 3rd person singular present tense goes TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SPEAKER 1 LEAVE SOMEWHERE (I) to leave a place to go somewhere else; depart: I wanted to go, but Anna wanted to stay. | It s late; I must… …

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