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  • 41pick/take up the cudgels for — somewhat old fashioned : to fight in defense or support of (someone or something) She took up the cudgels for women s rights. • • • Main Entry: ↑cudgel …

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  • 42pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful …

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  • 43fight — I n. straggle 1) to pick, provoke, start a fight (he picked a fight with me) 2) to put up, wage a fight (to wage a fight against corruption) 3) to get into a fight (to get into a fight with a neighbor about the property line) 4) a bitter,… …

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  • 44pick — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a team; picked the right moment to intervene). 2 detach or pluck (a flower, fruit, etc.) from a stem, tree, etc. 3 a probe (the teeth,… …

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  • 45pick — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + PICK ▪ have ▪ She had her pick of the single men. ▪ take ▪ Which do you want? Take your pick. PHRASES ▪ …

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  • 46Fight Girls — infobox television show name = Fight Girls caption = format = Reality, Sports runtime = 44 minutes theme song = Fingerprints by Katy Perry country = USA network = Oxygen first aired = June 12, 2007 last aired = Present num episodes = 7 imdb id =… …

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  • 47Pick Temple — As cowboy folksinger Pick Temple, Lafayette Parker Temple (c. 1911 Dec. 21 1991) starred in The Pick Temple Giant Ranch television show from 1948 through 1961.The Pick Temple Giant Ranch TV showHis children’s show featured his guitar playing and… …

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  • 48fight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. battle, affray, brawl, quarrel; contest, struggle; pugnacity. Slang, scrap. See contention, irascibility, resolution. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A violent struggle] Syn. strife, conflict, contention, feud …

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  • 49Pick Me Up (Masters of Horror episode) — Infobox Television episode Title = Pick Me Up Series = Masters of Horror Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 11 Airdate = January 20, 2006 Production = 111 Writer = David Schow Director = Larry Cohen Guests = Paul Anthony Fairuza Balk Malcolm Kennard… …

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  • 50pick on — {v.} 1. {informal} To make a habit of annoying or bothering (someone); do or say bad things to (someone). * /Other boys picked on him until he decided to fight them./ Syn.: PICK AT(3). 2. To single out; choose; select. * /He visited a lot of… …

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