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  • 21win/earn your spurs — to do something which shows that you deserve to be respected or noticed He earned/won his spurs by doubling the company s profits in the past year. • • • Main Entry: ↑spur …

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  • 22win — [[t]wɪ̱n[/t]] ♦ wins, winning, won 1) VERB If you win something such as a competition, battle, or argument, you defeat those people you are competing or fighting against, or you do better than everyone else involved. [V n] He does not have any… …

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  • 23win — win1 [ wın ] (past tense and past participle won [ wʌn ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to defeat everyone else by being the best or by finishing first in a competition: I play tennis against her every week, but she always wins. Who… …

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  • 24win — 1 /wIn/ verb past tense and past participle won /w n/ present participle winning 1 COMPETITION/RACE (I, T) to be the best or first in a competition, game, election etc: Who do you think will win the next election? | win at sth: I never win at… …

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  • 25win — I UK [wɪn] / US verb Word forms win : present tense I/you/we/they win he/she/it wins present participle winning past tense won UK [wʌn] / US past participle won *** Metaphor: Winning a competition or game is like hitting or killing your opponent …

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  • 26win back — verb recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost (Freq. 2) We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company He got back his son from the kidnappers • Syn: ↑get back • Hypernyms: ↑get, ↑acquire …

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  • 27win*/*/*/ — [wɪn] (past tense and past participle won [wʌn] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to defeat everyone else by being the best, or by finishing first in a competition Ant: lose Every time we play tennis, she wins.[/ex] Who won the race?[/ex] The Liberals won the… …

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  • 28win over — verb make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product • Syn: ↑convert, ↑convince • Derivationally related forms: ↑convincible (for: ↑ …

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  • 29Win Ben Stein's Money — Infobox television show name = Win Ben Stein s Money caption = Win Ben Stein s Money logo format = Game Show runtime = 30 Minutes creator = Al Burton starring = Ben Stein Jimmy Kimmel (1997–2000) Nancy Pimental (2000–2001) Sal Iacono (2002)… …

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  • 30Something — Single infobox Name = Something Artist = The Beatles from Album = Abbey Road A side = Something Come Together (U.S.) B side = Come Together (U.K.) Released = 31 October 1969 (UK) Format = 7 Recorded = Abbey Road Studios 25 February 1969 Genre =… …

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