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  • 21run off — {v. phr.} 1. To produce with a printing press or duplicating machine. * /The print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper./ 2. To drive away. * /The boys saw a dog digging in mother s flower bed, and they ran him off./ * /When the… …

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  • 22run off — {v. phr.} 1. To produce with a printing press or duplicating machine. * /The print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper./ 2. To drive away. * /The boys saw a dog digging in mother s flower bed, and they ran him off./ * /When the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 23machine — [n1] device that performs a task apparatus, appliance, automaton, automobile, computer, contraption, contrivance, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, motor, robot, thingamabob*, tool, vehicle, widget*; concept 463 machine [n2] well… …

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  • 24Machine Shop Recordings — is the Warner Bros. Imprint record label started by Linkin Park bandmembers Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda. The label was originally known as The Shinoda Imprint , after Mike Shinoda but was changed in 2004 when other members of the group became… …

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  • 25run a test — (on sth) ► to perform a scientific examination to determine if something works, someone is healthy, etc.: »We ran performance tests on the preproduction machine, which performed well. »Doctors ran tests to try to determine if the workers health… …

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  • 26run a test on sth — run a test (on sth) ► to perform a scientific examination to determine if something works, someone is healthy, etc.: »We ran performance tests on the preproduction machine, which performed well. »Doctors ran tests to try to determine if the… …

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  • 27run off — ► run off 1) produce (a copy) on a machine. 2) write or recite quickly and with little effort. Main Entry: ↑run …

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  • 28machine language — machine′ lan guage n. cmp a usu. numerical coding system specific to the hardware of a given computer model, into which any high level or assembly program must be translated before being run …

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  • 29run|ner — «RUHN uhr», noun. 1. a person, animal, or thing that runs; racer: »A runner arrived out of breath. The world s fastest runners can cover 100 yards in less than 10 seconds (Walter H. Gregg). 2. a) Baseball. a base runner: »The game was close with… …

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  • 30run — [[t]rʌ̱n[/t]] ♦ runs, running, ran (The form run is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb.) 1) VERB When you run, you move more quickly than when you walk, for example because you are in a hurry to get somewhere,… …

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