单词 | to lance the boil |
释义 | > as lemmasto lance the boil transitive. figurative. to lance the boil: to relieve or mitigate the tension or hostility in a situation; to put a stop to an escalating problem or conflict. ΚΠ 1915 Times 23 Aug. 5 The government..has shown the vigour of its desire to lance the boil from which the body politic has suffered for so long. 1964 Winnipeg Free Press 13 June 19/4 The Russians obviously hope to lance the boil and slow the alarming inroads the Chinese have been making. 1984 Soviet Stud. 36 504 It was better, to lance the boil of Solidarity, however messy the operation might be, than to continue with the crisis indefinitely. 2006 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 16 Dec. 21 They are helping to lance the boil of discontent about elements of that plan. < as lemmas |
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