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101break down — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to fall or collapse by breaking or shattering b. to make ineffective < break down legal barriers > 2. a. to divide into parts or categories b. to …
102As I Was Going Down Sackville Street — As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: A Phantasy in Fact is a book by Oliver St. John Gogarty. Published in 1937, it was Gogarty s first extended prose work and was described by its author as something new in form: neither a memoir nor a novel… …
103Grimbledon Down — was a comic strip by British cartoonist Bill Tidy, which ran in New Scientist magazine from March 26 1970 until March 26 1994. The strip was set in an ostensibly fictitious U.K. government research lab, which was in fact a thinly veiled reference …
104Don't Look Down (Skylar Grey альбом) — Don t Look Down …
105dress down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you dress down, you wear clothes that are less smart than usual. [V P] She dresses down in dark glasses and baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you dress someone down, you speak angrily to them because …
106hand-down — adjective passed on from one person to another not too proud to wear hand me down clothes • Syn: ↑hand me down • Similar to: ↑old • Derivationally related forms: ↑hand me down (for: ↑ …
107worn-down — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : showing the effect of wear a worn down pair of shoes the worn down riverbed a worn down estate 2. : nervously exhausted or fatigued a worn down woman weary of eternal housework a …
108To bear down — Bear Bear (b[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Bore} (b[=o]r) (formerly {Bare} (b[^a]r)); p. p. {Born} (b[^o]rn), {Borne} (b[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bearing}.] [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. geb[… …
109To go down — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf …
110dress-down Friday — dress down Fridays N COUNT In some companies employees are allowed to wear clothes that are less smart than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a dress down Friday. [BUSINESS] But is it really feasible to don sportswear to the office without… …