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11steal a glance — steal a glance/look/ phrase to look at someone or something secretly and quickly Bored, he stole a glance at his watch. Thesaurus: to look at someone or something quicklysynonym Main entry: steal …
12steal — ► VERB (past stole; past part. stolen) 1) take (something) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. 2) give or take surreptitiously or without permission: I stole a look at my watch. 3) move somewhere quietly or… …
13steal a glance (at somebody) — steal a ˈglance/ˈlook (at sb/sth) idiom to look at sb/sth quickly so that nobody sees you doing it Main entry: ↑stealidiom …
14steal a glance (at something) — steal a ˈglance/ˈlook (at sb/sth) idiom to look at sb/sth quickly so that nobody sees you doing it Main entry: ↑stealidiom …
15steal — I UK [stiːl] / US [stɪl] verb Word forms steal : present tense I/you/we/they steal he/she/it steals present participle stealing past tense stole UK [stəʊl] / US [stoʊl] past participle stolen UK [ˈstəʊlən] / US [ˈstoʊlən] *** Other ways of saying …
16steal — steal1 [ stil ] (past tense stole [ stoul ] ; past participle sto|len [ stoulən ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to take something that belongs to someone else without permission: jailed for three years for stealing cars steal from:… …
17To steal a march — Steal Steal (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. {Stole} (st[=o]l); p. p. {Stolen} (st[=o] l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stealing}.] [OE. stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG. stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[ a]la, Dan. sti[ae]le, Goth.… …
18steal — I. verb (stole; stolen; stealing) Etymology: Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan; akin to Old High German stelan to steal Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a… …
19look — v 1. see, visualize, behold, notice, take in; bend the eye, cock the eye, fix the eye, fix one s gaze, focus, rivet one s eyes; regard, study, inspect, take stock of; examine, contemplate, pore over, Rare. perlustrate; review, check out, overlook …
20steal — verb (past stole; past participle stolen) 1》 take (something) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. ↘dishonestly pass off (another person s ideas) as one s own. 2》 give or take surreptitiously or without… …
