| 单词 | to outrun the constable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto outrun the constable 6. to outrun the constable: extracted from constablen. a. to run away from a constable (or the law and its officers); also to run the constable. ΚΠ 1600 W. Kemp Nine Daies Wonder sig. C I far'd like one that had escaped the stockes, and tride the use of his legs to out-run the Constable. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 278 Rich! poor Huntley!..why, he was obliged to run the constable two years ago. b. To go at too great a pace; to go too far; to overstep all bounds of moderation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds > go too far overdoa1325 outreacha1400 overreacha1568 to overshoot the mark1583 to shoot over1605 overact1611 to outrun the constable1631 to overstep the mark (also line)1827 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 167 If the Gentleman be predominant, his running Nagge will out run the Constable. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 267 Quoth Hudibras, Friend Ralph, thou hast Out-run the Constable at last. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk In all times the Princes in England have done something illegal, to get money. But then came a Parliament..and so things were quiet for a while; afterwards there was another trick found out to get money, and..another Parliament was called to set all right, etc. But now they have so out-run the Constable, that, etc. c. To spend more money than one has; to run into debt; also to overrun the constable. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > be in debt [verb (intransitive)] > run into debt to run in or upon the lash1573 to overrun the constable1699 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Out-run the Constable, to spend more than is Got, or Run out of an Estate. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiii. 211 ‘Harkee, my girl, how far have you over-run the constable?’—I told him that the debt amounted to eleven pounds, besides the expence of the writ. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide vii. i. 44 Poor Man! at th' Election he threw, t' other Day, All his Victuals, and Liquor, and Money away; And some People think with such Haste he began, That soon he the Constable greatly outran. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxix. 261 He has ‘outrun the constable’..his expenses have outrun his means. < as lemmas |
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