单词 | to quit the scene |
释义 | > as lemmasto quit the scene a. to quit the scene: to leave the place where events are happening or action taking place; to go away; (frequently figurative) to die (cf. sense 8c). ΚΠ 1692 R. Ames Elegy Death Rear-Admiral Carter (single sheet) If from Fates Jaws could Vertue save, Or Courage rescue from the Grave, Carter would ne're have quit the Scene. 1760 Crit. Rev. Feb. 136 Sylvia having eyed them from behind a thicket, advances when they quit the scene. 1838 J. D'Alton Hist. County of Dublin 19 The justice of Agricola's apprehensions, and the prudence of his policy, were fated to be evinced in a few ages after himself had quit the scene. 1975 Change 7 47/1 While the prognosis, by and large, is surprisingly upbeat, the skeptics have not quit the scene altogether. 2010 R. Morris Lighting Out for Territory v. 146 When Norton himself quit the scene in 1880, thirty thousand mourners filed past his coffin while flags across the city flew at half-mast and the San Francisco Chronicle mourned: ‘Le Roi Est Mort!’ < as lemmas |
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