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  • 81Question (disambiguation) — A question may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or the request itself.Question may also refer to:In music: * Question! , a song by System of a Down * The Question (album), an album by The Slackers * The… …

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  • 82put up — phrasal verb Word forms put up : present tense I/you/we/they put up he/she/it puts up present participle putting up past tense put up past participle put up 1) [transitive] to build something such as a wall, fence, or house Grants were available… …

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  • 83question — A subject or point of investigation, examination or debate; theme of inquiry; problem; matter to be inquired into, as subject matter of civil or criminal discovery. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the… …

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  • 84put to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms put to : present tense I/you/we/they put to he/she/it puts to present participle putting to past tense put to past participle put to 1) put something to someone to explain a plan or suggestion to a group of… …

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  • 85question mark — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, major VERB + QUESTION MARK ▪ put ▪ His arrival clearly puts a huge question mark over the future of the present team captain. QUESTION M …

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  • 86put the arm on —    to extort money etc. from (a person) by threats of violence    The imagery is from wrestling. Also as put the black on, where black is a shortened form of blackmail, and put the burn on, from burn3.    And as put the bite on, put the muscle on …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 87put sth to sb — UK US put sth to sb Phrasal Verb with put({{}}/pʊt/ verb (putting, put, put) ► to suggest an idea or plan to someone so that they can consider or discuss it: »I ll put the idea to my manager, but I m not sure he ll agree to it. »I have a question …

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  • 88put — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. place, locate, set, deposit, plant, fix, lay; cast, throw; thrust; impose, rest, stick. See location, propulsion. put down put forward put off put out put up with II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To place]… …

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  • 89Question tags — ◊ GRAMMAR A question tag is a short phrase that you add to the end of a statement to turn it into a yes/no question. You usually do this when you expect the other person to agree with the statement. For example, if you say It s cold, isn t it? ,… …

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  • 90question tags — ◊ GRAMMAR A question tag is a short phrase that you add to the end of a statement to turn it into a yes/no question. You usually do this when you expect the other person to agree with the statement. For example, if you say It s cold, isn t it? ,… …

    Useful english dictionary