steal a march

  • 21steal a march on someone — to get an advantage over someone by secretly starting something that they had planned to do …

    English dictionary

  • 22Steal — (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. stilan.] 1.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23steal — ► 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… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 24steal´er — steal «steel», verb, stole, sto|len, steal|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to take (something) that does not belong to one; take dishonestly: »Robbers stole the money. Who steals my purse, st …

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  • 25march — march1 [märch] vi. [Fr marcher < OFr, prob. < Frank * markon < * marka,MARK: orig. sense prob. “to pace off the boundary”] 1. to walk with regular, steady steps of equal length, usually in a group or military formation 2. to walk in a… …

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  • 26steal — ▪ I. steal steal 1 [stiːl] verb stole PASTTENSE [stəʊl ǁ stoʊl] stolen PASTPART [ˈstəʊlən ǁ ˈstoʊ ] 1. [intransitive, transitive] to take something that belongs to someone, without their permission: steal from …

    Financial and business terms

  • 27steal — steal1 W3S3 [sti:l] v past tense stole [stəul US stoul] past participle stolen [ˈstəulən US ˈstou ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take something)¦ 2¦(use ideas)¦ 3¦(move somewhere)¦ 4 steal the show/limelight/scene 5 steal a look/glance etc 6¦(sport)¦ 7 steal a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28steal — [[t]sti͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ steals, stealing, stole, stolen 1) VERB If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it. [V n] He was accused of stealing a small boy s bicycle... [V… …

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  • 29steal — 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 …

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  • 30march — I n. procession 1) a death; forced; hunger; peace march 2) a march from; into, to 3) on the march (science is on the march) music that accompanies marching 4) to compose; play; strike up a march 5) a funeral; military; wedding march misc. 6) to… …

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