单词 | to go to the fore |
释义 | > as lemmasto go to the fore d. Of money, etc.: Ready at or to hand, forthcoming; available. †to go to the fore: to be put to one's credit. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (intransitive)] > be put to one's credit to go to the fore1636 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (intransitive)] > be put to credit to go to the fore1636 the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be > easily on (in) tap1483 to the fore1636 euporistical1657 push-buttona1935 on-demand1962 1636 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 181 Therefore my wages are going to the fore up in heaven. 1639 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 152 He had a good estate, and well to the foore. 1640 Dumbarton Burgh Rec. in Irving Hist. Dumbartonsh. (1860) 525 Gif thay had common guid to the foir. 1660 Sharp Let. 11 May in Wodrow Hist. I. Introd. 25 Is his broad Sword to the fore? 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 197 If these are not to the fore, it is the Provost's fault, and not the town's. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 211 How many Captains in the regiment have two thousand pounds to the fore. < as lemmas |
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