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  • 21Shift Out and Shift In characters — Shift Out (SO) and Shift In (SI) are ASCII control characters 14 and 15, respectively (0xE and 0xF).  The original meaning of those characters was to switch to a different character set and back.  This was used, for instance, in the… …

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  • 22Shift — Shift, n. [Cf. Icel. skipti. See {Shift}, v. t.] 1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. [1913 Webster] My going to Oxford was not… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23shift — [n1] switch, fluctuation about face*, alteration, bend, change, changeover, conversion, deflection, deviation, displacement, double, fault, modification, move, passage, permutation, rearrangement, removal, shifting, substitution, tack, transfer,… …

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  • 24shift the goalposts — To alter the rules of a game, conditions of an agreement, etc unfairly after proceedings have begun, or the agreement has been entered into ● goal * * * move/shift/the goalposts phrase to change the rules and make it difficult for people to… …

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  • 25shift work — noun (a system of) working in shifts • • • Main Entry: ↑shift * * * shift work UK US noun [uncountable] a pattern of work in which you sometimes work during the day and sometimes during the night Thesaurus: types of job or workhyponym general… …

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  • 26shift key — ➔ key1 * * * shift key UK US noun [C] IT ► on a computer keyboard, a key that changes the letter, number, or symbol that would normally appear when you press another key at the same time: »He completely ignored the shift key and wrote all his e… …

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  • 27shift for oneself — {v. phr.} To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. * /Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 28shift for oneself — {v. phr.} To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. * /Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 29shift key — shift′ key n. cmp a key on a typewriter or computer that is pressed to enter capital letters and other symbols and on a computer, to control certain other functions • Etymology: 1900–05 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30shift to the right — n alteration of an Arneth index by an increase in mature or overage neutrophils in the circulating blood * * * an increase in the percentage of neutrophils with 5 or more lobes, seen most often in cobalamine and folate deficiencies. See Arneth… …

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