| 单词 | to give one the drop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give one the drop a. The action or an act of dropping, in various senses, e.g. the fall of a minute particle of liquid; an abrupt and clear fall or vertical descent in space; a decided descent professionally or socially: see the verb †to give one the drop: to give one the slip (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of dripping or falling in drops > [noun] droppingc1000 drippingc1440 stilling1530 trickling1629 dropa1637 drip1675 drip feed1899 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a person or slip away from aglya1250 outsteala1325 glide?1510 slip1513 betrumpa1522 to give (one) the slip1567 to get by ——1601 outslip1616 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1653 elude1667 to tip (a person) the picks1673 bilk1679 to tip (a person) the pikes1688 to give one the drop1709 jouk1812 double1819 sneak1819 shirk1837 duck1896 a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iii. 44 in Wks. (1640) III My slow drop of teares. View more context for this quotation 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iii. v. 42 I'll give him the drop, and away to Guardians, and find it out. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 288 The..fountain with its eternal drop-drop and splash-splash. 1855 R. Browning By Fireside xi The drop of the woodland fruit's begun These early November hours. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 91/1 I..began pitching in the street. I didn't much like it, after being a regular performer, and looked upon it as a drop. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 5/1 The force of gravity, which has far greater influence than any other in determining the course of the bullet, and is called ‘the drop’ of the bullet. < as lemmas |
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