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semi-defence
semi-defence n. 
/ˌsɛˌmaɪdiˈfɛns/, /ˌsɛˌmaɪˈdiˌfɛns/, /ˌsɛmidəˈfɛns/, /ˌsɛmidiˈfɛns/, /ˌsɛmiˈdiˌfɛns/
Brit. /ˌsɛmɪdᵻˈfɛns/
, /ˌsɛmɪdᵻˈfɛns/U.S. /ˌsɛˌmaɪdəˈfɛns/
, /ˌsɛˌmaɪdəˈfɛns//ˌsɛˌmaɪdiˈfɛns//ˌsɛˌmaɪˈdiˌfɛns//ˌsɛmidəˈfɛns//ˌsɛmidiˈfɛns//ˌsɛmiˈdiˌfɛns/ΚΠ
1914 W. S. Churchill Let. 8 Oct. in M. Gilbert W. S. Churchill (1972) III. Compan. i. 182 We must not be led into frittering away resources by keeping half a dozen anchorages in a state of semi-defence.
1977 Financial Times 7 Oct. 23/3 Mr Wedgwood Benn's silky semi-defence of Government strategy from the platform.
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as lemmas
- to pull out all the stops
- to pull out of one's ass
- to pull out of the bag
- to pull out of the fire
- to pull out of the hat
- to pull over
- to pull pints
- to pull prime
- to pull raise oneself by one's bootstraps
- to pull raise oneself by one's own bootstraps
- to pull raise oneself up by one's bootstraps
- to pull raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps
- to pull rank
- to pull round
- to pull something out of one's ass
- to pull something out of the bag
- to pull something out of the hat
- to pull status
- to pull strings
- to sell at a pike
- to sell at the spear
- to sell away
- to sell by tap
- to sell by the candle
- to sell by the drum