to steal a kiss

  • 1steal a kiss — phrase to kiss someone quickly without them expecting it Thesaurus: kissing and touching in a sexual wayhyponym Main entry: steal …

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  • 2steal a kiss (from somebody) — steal a ˈkiss (from sb) idiom (literary) to kiss sb suddenly or secretly Main entry: ↑stealidiom …

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  • 3steal a kiss — to kiss someone quickly without them expecting it …

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  • 4steal´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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  • 5steal — steal, *pilfer, filch, purloin, lift, pinch, snitch, swipe, cop are comparable when they mean to take another s possession without right and without his knowledge or permission. Steal, the commonest and most general of the group, can refer to any …

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  • 6steal — [stēl] vt. stole, stolen, stealing [ME stelen < OE stælan, akin to Ger stehlen, prob. altered < IE base * ster , to rob > Gr sterein, to rob] 1. to take or appropriate (another s property, ideas, etc.) without permission, dishonestly, or …

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  • 7steal — 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… …

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  • 8kiss — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, quick, swift ▪ lingering, long, slow ▪ She leaned forward and placed a slow kiss on his forehead …

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  • 9steal — 1 /sti:l/ verb past tense stole, past participle stolen / stUln stoU / 1 TAKE STH (I, T) to take something that belongs to someone else (+ from): Some drug users steal from their own families to finance their habit. | steal sth: Sean has a long… …

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  • 10steal — 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:… …

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