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get one's gruel

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  • gruel — noun Etymology: Middle English grewel, from Anglo French gruel, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English grūt grout Date: 14th century 1. a thin porridge 2. [from to get one s gruel to accept punishment] chiefly British punishment 3. something… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • One Love (álbum de David Guetta) — One Love Álbum de estudio de David Guetta Publicación …   Wikipedia Español

  • gruelling — also grueling, exhausting, punishing, 1891, from late 18c. slang get one s gruel receive one s punishment, from GRUEL (Cf. gruel) …   Etymology dictionary

  • gru´el|ler — gru|el «GROO uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. 1. a nearly liquid food made by boiling oatmeal or other cereal in water or milk. Gruel is often given to those who are sick and old. 2. any similar substance …   Useful english dictionary

  • gru´el|er — gru|el «GROO uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. 1. a nearly liquid food made by boiling oatmeal or other cereal in water or milk. Gruel is often given to those who are sick and old. 2. any similar substance …   Useful english dictionary

  • gru|el — «GROO uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. 1. a nearly liquid food made by boiling oatmeal or other cereal in water or milk. Gruel is often given to those who are sick and old. 2. any similar substance. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gruelling — (US grueling) adjective extremely tiring and demanding. Derivatives gruellingly adverb Origin C19: from gruel exhaust, punish , from an old phr. get one s gruel receive one s punishment …   English new terms dictionary

  • gruelling — (US grueling) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely tiring and demanding. DERIVATIVES gruellingly adverb. ORIGIN from obsolete gruel «exhaust, punish», from get one s gruel «receive one s punishment» …   English terms dictionary

  • gruellingly — gruelling (US grueling) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely tiring and demanding. DERIVATIVES gruellingly adverb. ORIGIN from obsolete gruel «exhaust, punish», from get one s gruel «receive one s punishment» …   English terms dictionary

  • grueling — gru•el•ing [[t]ˈgru ə lɪŋ, ˈgru lɪŋ[/t]] adj. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: a grueling marathon[/ex] Also, esp. brit. gru′el•ling. Etymology: 1850–55; gruel punishment (n.), punish (v.) (cf. to get one s gruel to be punished, killed) …   From formal English to slang

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