单词 | to elbow off, out of |
释义 | > as lemmasto elbow off, out of (anything) 2. To thrust aside with the elbow; also, to elbow off, out of (anything). Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > aside shouldera1400 to bear off1627 shunt1706 elbow1712 horn1851 breast1853 shove1861 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 484. ⁋5 It is ever want of breeding..to be..elbow'd out of his honest ambition. 1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses i. 6 He us'd to..elbow his Fellow-Servants to get near his Mistress. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 485 They would elbow our own Aldermen off the Royal Exchange. 1884 Manch. Examiner 13 Nov. 5/2 The small farming class have been gradually elbowed out of their holdings. < as lemmas |
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