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单词 strain at the leash
释义

strain at the leash

Be eager to begin or do something: by this time we were straining at the leash to get away...
  • And perhaps the sight of their older married brothers straining at the leash is giving them pause.
  • You may think of soldiers as gung-ho types who strained at the leash last year to invade.
  • It was to get to that unheard of city I'd agitated and strained at the leash of Albany Park.

Synonyms

eager, impatient, anxious, enthusiastic
informal itching, dying, gagging
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