单词 | to get of |
释义 | > as lemmasto get of —— † to get of —— Obsolete. extracted from getv. intransitive. To gain advantage over; (also) to outstrip in speed; to gain upon in pursuing. Cf. sense 10b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > get ahead of to get of ——1548 to get (also have) the start of1569 to get (also gain) a march (up)on1707 to cut out1738 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxi. 43 Euery day they ymagined by what subteltie they coulde gette one of another by dedes of armes.] 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccix The kynges shyp was good with sayle, & so much gat of the Easterlinges, that she came on the coast of Holland. 1583 J. Newbery Let. 28 May in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 208 Notwithstanding, they get of the Persians, and make castles and holds in their countrey. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 37 It was her boate which I tooke vp, that they had cutt of because my sattia got so mainely of her. 1700 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote II. iv. xii. 499 They, perceiving that the Woolf Galley got of 'em in the chace, all of a sudden laid by their Oars. < as lemmas |
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