Ground+tackle

  • 91To give ground — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

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  • 92To lose ground — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

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  • 93To stand one's ground — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

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  • 94To take the ground — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

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  • 95tackle — I UK [ˈtæk(ə)l] / US verb Word forms tackle : present tense I/you/we/they tackle he/she/it tackles present participle tackling past tense tackled past participle tackled ** 1) a) [transitive] to make an organized and determined attempt to deal… …

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  • 96tackle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pulley; gear, equipment, apparatus, instruments; luggage. v. t. grasp, grapple with; seize; address, attach; attempt, try, undertake. See undertaking, provision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Equipment] Syn …

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  • 97tackle — tack|le1 [ tækl ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to make an organized and determined attempt to deal with a problem, often a social problem such as crime or unemployment: Successive governments have failed to tackle the question of homelessness. a new… …

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  • 98tackle — tack|le1 W3S3 [ˈtækəl] v 1.) [T] to try to deal with a difficult problem ▪ There is more than one way to tackle the problem. ▪ It took twelve fire engines to tackle the blaze . 2.) [I and T] a) to try to take the ball away from an opponent in a… …

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  • 99tackle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 movement in sports ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, strong ▪ high ▪ Their captain was sent off for a high tackle on Cooper. ▪ bad, crunching …

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  • 100block and tackle — Tackle Tac kle (?; sometimes improperly pronounced ?, especially by seamen), n. [OE. takel, akin to LG. & D. takel, Dan. takkel, Sw. tackel; perhaps akin to E. taw, v. t., or to take.] 1. Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights,… …

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