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21lip service — Officially agreeing with, while having private reservations about the issue. ► “Though both sides continue to pay lip service to the notion of balancing the budget, odds for a bipartisan agreement are extremely low.” (Wall Street Journal, March …
22pay lip service — make insincere professions of loyalty …
23pay lip service to — express approval of or support for (something) without taking any significant action …
24lip service — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [LIP SER vis] insincere agreement, empty talk or gesture. Politicians pay a lot of lip service to their constituents. SYN.: insincerity, empty talk, empty gesture, token agreement, tokenism, show …
25give lip service to (something) — give/pay lip service to (something) to say that you agree with and support an idea or plan but not do anything to help it to succeed. The company pays lip service to the notion of racial equality but you look around you and all you see are white… …
26lip service — noun Date: 1644 an avowal of advocacy, adherence, or allegiance expressed in words but not backed by deeds usually used with pay …
27lip — ► NOUN 1) either of the two fleshy parts forming the edges of the mouth opening. 2) the edge of a hollow container or an opening. 3) informal impudent talk. 4) another term for LABIUM(Cf. ↑labium). ► VERB ▪ (of water) lap a …
28lip — [ lıp ] noun *** 1. ) count one of the two edges that form the top and bottom parts of your mouth: His thin red lips stretched into a smile. 2. ) count the place on the edge of a glass or container where you pour out liquid: Careful, the lip of… …
29pay — pay1 W1S1 [peı] v past tense and past participle paid [peıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give money)¦ 2¦(bill/tax/rent)¦ 3¦(wage/salary)¦ 4 pay attention (to somebody/something) 5¦(legal cost)¦ 6¦(say something good)¦ 7¦(good result)¦ 8¦(profit)¦ …
30pay — 1 /peI/ verb past tense and past participle paid /peId/ 1 GIVE MONEY (I, T) to give someone money for something you have bought, or for something they have done for you: They ran off without paying. | Didn t pay em a penny, just asked em to do it …
