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  • 41 scoot

    [sku:t]
    ((often with along, away, past etc) to move (away) fast: He scooted down the road.) drāzties; joņot
    * * *
    mesties, drāzties; laisties prom

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  • 42 tidy

    1. adjective
    1) ((negative untidy) in good order; neat: a tidy room/person; Her hair never looks tidy.) kārtīgs; tīrs
    2) (fairly big: a tidy sum of money.) pamatīgs
    2. verb
    ((sometimes with up, away etc) to put in good order; to make neat: He tidied (away) his papers; She was tidying the room (up) when her mother arrived.) []kārtot; uzkopt; tīrīt
    - tidiness
    * * *
    sedziņa; maisiņš; bērna priekšautiņš; sakārtot, uzkopt; tīrīgs, kārtīgs; krietns, pamatīgs

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  • 43 turn

    [tə:n] 1. verb
    1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) griezt; griezties
    2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) pagriezties
    3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) pagriezties; iegriezties
    4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) pavērst; pievērst; pievērsties
    5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) apiet
    6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) pārvērst; pārveidot; pārvērsties
    7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) Viņas mati nosirmoja.
    2. noun
    1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) apgrieziens
    2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) vijums; līkums
    3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) pagieziens
    4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) kārta; rinda
    5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) numurs; uzstāšanās
    - turnover
    - turnstile
    - turntable
    - turn-up
    - by turns
    - do someone a good turn
    - do a good turn
    - in turn
    - by turns
    - out of turn
    - speak out of turn
    - take a turn for the better
    - worse
    - take turns
    - turn a blind eye
    - turn against
    - turn away
    - turn back
    - turn down
    - turn in
    - turn loose
    - turn off
    - turn on
    - turn out
    - turn over
    - turn up
    * * *
    apgrieziens; pagrieziens; pavērsiens, pārmaiņa; līkums; rinda, kārta; pakalpojums; uzstāšanās, numurs; pastaiga; dotības, spējas; maiņa; izbailes, uztraukums; laika sprīdis; veids; lēkme; teiciens; griezt; pagriezt; griezties; apiet; pievērst; apgriezt; kļūt; pārvērst; sakupt; sasniegt; izvirpot; uzart; sastiept; veidot

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  • 44 crawl

    [kro:l] 1. verb
    1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) līst; vilkties
    2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) rāpot
    3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) lēni vilkties
    4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) ņudzēt
    2. noun
    1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) lēna kustēšanās; rāpošana; līšana
    2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) krauls
    * * *
    lēna kustēšanās; līšana, rāpošana; krauls; lēni vilkties; rāpot, līst; ņudzēt; pieglaimoties; sajust tirpas; atsaukt

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  • 45 cut

    1. present participle - cutting; verb
    1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)
    2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)
    3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)
    4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)
    5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)
    6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)
    7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)
    8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)
    9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')
    10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)
    11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)
    12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)
    13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)
    2. noun
    1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) cenu samazinājums
    2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) piegriezums; fasons
    3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) (gaļas) šķēle; atgriezums
    - cutting 3. adjective
    (insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) dzēlīgs; aizvainojošs
    - cut-price
    - cut-throat
    4. adjective
    (fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) nežēlīgs; uz dzīvību un nāvi
    - cut and dried
    - cut back
    - cut both ways
    - cut a dash
    - cut down
    - cut in
    - cut it fine
    - cut no ice
    - cut off
    - cut one's losses
    - cut one's teeth
    - cut out
    - cut short
    * * *
    grieziens; cirtiens; ievainojums, iegriezums; šķēle; nocirtums, cirpums; fasons, griezums, piegriezums; pazeminājums; samazinājums; pārtraukums; saīsinājums, izgriezums; pārtraukšana; apvainojums; ieskaņojums; profils, šķēlums; spēcīgs atsitiens; pārgriezt, sagriezt, griezt; ievainot; cirpt, pļaut, cirst; slīpēt, kalt; piegriezt; pazemināt; samazināt; krustoties; apvainot, aizskart; pārtraukt; saīsināt; pārtraukt; pārtraukt; neierasties, kavēt; šķilties, nākt; kastrēt; aizvākties; atšķaidīt; griezts; saīsināts; ar izgriezumiem; piedzēris

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  • 46 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) apakšā; lejā
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) zemē
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) laikā; no... līdz
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) lejup
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) lejup
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) pa
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) pa
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) ātri izdzert
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright
    4. adjective
    He is a downright nuisance!) pilnīgs; galīgs
    - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground
    II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) dūna; pūka
    - downy
    * * *
    dūna, pūka; augstiene; pazemināšanās, pasliktināšanās; nepatika; kāpa; nomierinošs līdzeklis; noliekt; nogāzt; pieveikt; ātri izdzert; padot uz priekšu; lejupejošs; skumīgs; lejā, apakšā; uz leju, lejup; guļus, zemē; līdz galam, līdz pat; laikā no līdz; lejup pa; pa

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  • 47 fall

    [fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) krist
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) nokrist
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) kristies; pazemināties
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) (par dienu) iekrist
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) iemīlēties
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) iekrist; būt kārtai
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) krišana; kritiens
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) nokrišņi
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) sabrukums; bojāeja
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) rudens
    - fallout
    - his
    - her face fell
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall back on
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall flat
    - fall for
    - fall in with
    - fall off
    - fall on/upon
    - fall out
    - fall short
    - fall through
    * * *
    krišana, kritiens; nokrišņi; ietece; ūdenskritums; krišanās, pazemināšanās; krišana, pagrimums; bojāeja, sabrukums; rudens; apjērošanās; ciršana; spēkošanās, cīņa; kadence; falle; krist; nokrist; krist, nokarāties; nolaisties; pazemināties, kristies; norimties; iet bojā, krist; sagāzties, sabrukt; iestāties; ietecēt; iegadīties, iekrist; kļūt

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  • 48 fire

    1. noun
    1) (anything that is burning, whether accidentally or not: a warm fire in the kitchen; Several houses were destroyed in a fire.) uguns; ugunskurs; ugunsgrēks
    2) (an apparatus for heating: a gas fire; an electric fire.) elektriskā krāsns
    3) (the heat and light produced by burning: Fire is one of man's greatest benefits.) uguns
    4) (enthusiasm: with fire in his heart.) dedzība; aizrautība; kvēle
    5) (attack by gunfire: The soldiers were under fire.) apšaude; uguns
    2. verb
    1) ((of china, pottery etc) to heat in an oven, or kiln, in order to harden and strengthen: The ceramic pots must be fired.) apdedzināt (krāsnī; ceplī)
    2) (to make (someone) enthusiastic; to inspire: The story fired his imagination.) iekvēlināt; iejūsmināt
    3) (to operate (a gun etc) by discharging a bullet etc from it: He fired his revolver three times.) []šaut
    4) (to send out or discharge (a bullet etc) from a gun etc: He fired three bullets at the target.) []šaut
    5) ((often with at or on) to aim and operate a gun at; to shoot at: They suddenly fired on us; She fired at the target.) šaut; atklāt uguni
    6) (to send away someone from his/her job; to dismiss: He was fired from his last job for being late.) atlaist no darba
    - firearm
    - fire-brigade
    - fire-cracker
    - fire-engine
    - fire-escape
    - fire-extinguisher
    - fire-guard
    - fireman
    - fireplace
    - fireproof
    - fireside
    - fire-station
    - firewood
    - firework
    - firing-squad
    - catch fire
    - on fire
    - open fire
    - play with fire
    - set fire to something / set something on fire
    - set fire to / set something on fire
    - set fire to something / set on fire
    - set fire to / set on fire
    - under fire
    * * *
    liesma, uguns; uguns, ugunskurs; ugunsgrēks; dedzība, kvēle; apšaude, uguns; aizdedzināt, pielikt uguni; aizdegties; kurināt, uzturēt uguni; šaut; iekvēlināt, iejūsmināt; kaltēt, apdedzināt; atlaist

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  • 49 step

    [step] 1. noun
    1) (one movement of the foot in walking, running, dancing etc: He took a step forward; walking with hurried steps.) solis
    2) (the distance covered by this: He moved a step or two nearer; The restaurant is only a step (= a short distance) away.) neliels attālums; pāris soļu
    3) (the sound made by someone walking etc: I heard (foot) steps.) soļi
    4) (a particular movement with the feet, eg in dancing: The dance has some complicated steps.) dejas solis, raksts
    5) (a flat surface, or one flat surface in a series, eg on a stair or stepladder, on which to place the feet or foot in moving up or down: A flight of steps led down to the cellar; Mind the step!; She was sitting on the doorstep.) pakāpiens
    6) (a stage in progress, development etc: Mankind made a big step forward with the invention of the wheel; His present job is a step up from his previous one.) solis; pakāpiens
    7) (an action or move (towards accomplishing an aim etc): That would be a foolish/sensible step to take; I shall take steps to prevent this happening again.) rīcība; pasākums; solis
    2. verb
    (to make a step, or to walk: He opened the door and stepped out; She stepped briskly along the road.) likt soli; soļot
    - stepladder
    - stepping-stones
    - in
    - out of step
    - step aside
    - step by step
    - step in
    - step out
    - step up
    - watch one's step
    * * *
    solis; soļi, gaita; pēda; dejas solis; rīcība; pakāpiens; sastatņu kāpnes; pakāpe; pēdu nospiedums; soļot; likt soli

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  • 50 swing

    [swiŋ] 1. past tense, past participle - swung; verb
    1) (to (cause to) move or sway in a curve (from side to side or forwards and backwards) from a fixed point: You swing your arms when you walk; The children were swinging on a rope hanging from a tree; The door swung open; He swung the load on to his shoulder.) šūpot; šūpoties
    2) (to walk with a stride: He swung along the road.) soļot
    3) (to turn suddenly: He swung round and stared at them; He is hoping to swing the voters in his favour.) pagriezt; pagriezties
    2. noun
    1) (an act, period, or manner, of swinging: He was having a swing on the rope; Most golfers would like to improve their swing.) šūpošanās; vēziens
    2) (a swinging movement: the swing of the dancers' skirts.) šūpošanās; līgošanās; plīvošana
    3) (a strong dancing rhythm: The music should be played with a swing.) svings
    4) (a change in public opinion etc: a swing away from the government.) pārmaiņa; pavērsiens
    5) (a seat for swinging, hung on ropes or chains from a supporting frame etc.) šūpoles
    - swing bridge
    - swing door
    - be in full swing
    - get into the swing of things
    - get into the swing
    - go with a swing
    * * *
    šūpošanās; vēziens; norise, gaita; vingrs solis; ritms; šūpoles; svings; pārmaiņa; turneja, brauciens; šūpot; šūpoties; karināt; karāties; iet vingrā solī; dejot svinga ritmā; spēlēt svinga ritmā; pagriezt; pagriezties; pārmainīt; pārmainīties; uzsākt; būt dzīvespriecīgam; veikties

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  • 51 run off

    1) (to print or copy: I want 500 copies run off at once.) pavairot (eksemplārus)
    2) ((with with) to steal or take away: He ran off with my wife.) aizbēgt kopā ar kādu

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  • 52 bolt

    [boult] 1. noun
    1) (a bar to fasten a door etc: We have a bolt as well as a lock on the door.) bulta; aizbīdnis
    2) (a round bar of metal, often with a screw thread for a nut: nuts and bolts.) skrūve (metālam)
    3) (a flash of lightning.) zibens spēriens
    4) (a roll (of cloth): a bolt of silk.) (audekla) baķis
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten with a bolt: He bolted the door.) aizbultēt; sastiprināt ar [] skrūvi
    2) (to swallow hastily: The child bolted her food.) norīt nesakošļājot
    3) (to go away very fast: The horse bolted in terror.) aizbēgt; aizauļot
    - bolt-upright
    - boltupright
    - a bolt from the blue
    * * *
    bulta; aizbīdnis, aizšaujamais, bulta; zibens spēriens; baķis; nasta; bēgšana; atmešana, nodevība; sijāt; izsijāt; aizbultēt; sastiprināt ar bultām; aizauļot, aizbēgt, aizlaisties; norīt nesakošļājot; neatbalstīt savas partijas kandidātus, aiziet

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  • 53 bundle

    1. noun
    (a number of things bound together: a bundle of rags.) sainis; pauna
    2. verb
    1) ((often with up or together) to make into bundles: Bundle up all your things and bring them with you.) sasiet sainī; sasaiņot
    2) (to go, put or send (away) in a hurried or disorderly way: They bundled him out of the room.) izraidīt ārā; izgrūst
    * * *
    pauna, sainis; kūlītis, saišķis; sasaiņot, sasiet sainī

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  • 54 distinguish

    [di'stiŋɡwiʃ]
    1) ((often with from) to mark as different: What distinguishes this café from all the others?) atšķirt
    2) (to identify or make out: He could just distinguish the figure of a man running away.) pamanīt; saskatīt; sadzirdēt
    3) ((sometimes with between) to recognize a difference: I can't distinguish (between) the two types - they both look the same to me.) izšķirt
    4) (to make (oneself) noticed through one's achievements: He distinguished himself at school by winning a prize in every subject.) izcelt; izcelties
    - distinguished
    * * *
    atšķirt; sadzirdēt, saskatīt

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  • 55 file

    I 1. noun
    (a line of soldiers etc walking one behind the other.) ierinda
    2. verb
    (to walk in a file: They filed across the road.) soļot kolonnā
    II 1. noun
    1) (a folder, loose-leaf book etc to hold papers.) aktu vāki
    2) (a collection of papers on a particular subject (kept in such a folder).) kartotēka
    3) (in computing, a collection of data stored eg on a disc.) fails
    2. verb
    1) (to put (papers etc) in a file: He filed the letter under P.) iešūt (vākos); pievienot lietai; sakārtot kartotēkā
    2) (to bring (a suit) before a law court: to file (a suit) for divorce.) iesniegt; reģistrēt (dokumentus)
    - filing cabinet III 1. noun
    (a steel tool with a rough surface for smoothing or rubbing away wood, metal etc.) vīle; (nagu) vīlīte
    2. verb
    (to cut or smooth with a file: She filed her nails.) vīlēt
    * * *
    vīle; aktu vāki, lieta; ierinda, rinda; kartotēka; vīlīte; slīpējums; komplekts; fails; slīpēts zellis; soļot kolonnā; iešūt, pievienot, reģistrēt; vīlēt; noslīpēt; sakārtot kartotēkā; nodot arhīvā; iesniegt; sniegt ziņojumu pa telefonu

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  • 56 haul

    [ho:l] 1. verb
    1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) vilkt
    2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) pārvadāt; transportēt
    2. noun
    1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) vilkšana
    2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) loms; nozveja; guvums; ķēriens
    - haulier
    - a long haul
    * * *
    vilkšana; pārvadāšana; nobraukums, reiss; nozveja, loms; krava; guvums, ķēriens; vilkt; pievest, treilēt; transportēt, pārvadāt; mainīt virzienu; turēties pret vēju

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  • 57 scurry

    1. verb
    ((usually with away, off etc) to run with short, quick steps: It began to rain and we scurried home.) skriet; tipināt
    2. noun
    (an act or a noise of hurrying: a scurry of feet.) rosība; steiga; kņada
    * * *
    traukšanās, steiga; lietusgāze; sniega brāzma; putekļu mākonis; traukties; steigties

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  • 58 squint

    [skwint] 1. verb
    1) (to have the physical defect of having the eyes turning towards or away from each other or to cause the eyes to do this: The child squints; You squint when you look down at your nose.) šķielēt
    2) ((with at, up at, through etc) to look with half-shut or narrowed eyes: He squinted through the telescope.) skatīties, piemiedzot aci/piemiegtām acīm
    2. noun
    1) (a squinting position of the eyes: an eye-operation to correct her squint.) šķielēšana
    2) (a glance or look at something: Let me have a squint at that photograph.) acu uzmetiens; paskatīšanās
    3. adjective, adverb
    ((placed etc) crookedly or not straight: Your hat is squint.) sašķiebies; šķībs
    * * *
    šķielēšana; acu uzmetiens; šķielēt; uzmest acis; piemiegt acis

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  • 59 supply

    1. verb
    (to give or provide: Who is supplying the rebels with guns and ammunition?; Extra paper will be supplied by the teacher if it is needed; The town is supplied with water from a reservoir in the hills; The shop was unable to supply what she wanted.) apgādāt; piegādāt
    2. noun
    1) (the act or process of supplying.) apgāde; piegāde
    2) ((often in plural) an amount or quantity that is supplied; a stock or store: She left a supply of food for her husband when she went away for a few days; Who will be responsible for the expedition's supplies?; Fresh supplies will be arriving soon.) krājumi; rezerve
    * * *
    piegāde, apgāde; krājums; krājumi; asignējums; aizstājējs; piedāvājums; pieplūde, pievadīšana, padeve; piegādāt, apgādāt; apmierināt; aizstāt; pievadīt; lokani; iztapīgi, lišķīgi

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  • 60 vault

    [vo:lt] I noun
    1) ((a room, especially a cellar, with) an arched roof or ceiling: the castle vaults.) velve; velvju telpa
    2) (an underground room, especially for storing valuables: The thieves broke into the bank vaults.) velve; pagrabs
    3) (a burial chamber, often for all the members of a family: He was buried in the family vault.) kapenes
    II 1. noun
    (a leap aided by the hands or by a pole: With a vault he was over the fence and away.) lēciens (ar balstu)
    2. verb
    (to leap (over): He vaulted (over) the fence.) pārlēkt
    * * *
    lēciens; velvēta telpa, velve; velvēt; lēkt; voltižēt

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  • Away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • away with — To run away with ● make * * * I said as an exhortation to overcome or be rid of something; let us be rid of away with poverty! II away (or off or out, etc.) with used in exhortations to take or send someone or something away, in, out, etc off… …   Useful english dictionary

  • away with … — away with… idiom (literary) used to say that you would like to be rid of sb/sth • Away with all these rules and regulations! Main entry: ↑awayidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • away with you — away you go! or away with you An expression of disbelief or scepticism • • • Main Entry: ↑away * * * away with you british spoken phrase used for telling someone to go away or to stop worrying about you ‘Away with you!’ shouted Rory. ‘I don’t… …   Useful english dictionary

  • away with the fairies — If someone is away with the fairies, they don t face reality and have unrealistic expectations of life …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • away with the fairies — (informal) 1. In a state of abstraction 2. Given to daydreaming • • • Main Entry: ↑fairy …   Useful english dictionary

  • Away with the Faeries — Infobox Album | Name = Away with the Faeries Type = Live album Artist = Inkubus Sukkubus Released = 1998 Recorded = mdash; Genre = Pagan rock Length = mdash; Label = Resurrection Records Producer = mdash; Reviews = Last album = Vampyre Erotica… …   Wikipedia

  • away with the fairies —    Someone who is away with the fairies is in such a dreamy state that they are not totally in touch with reality and give the impression of being slightly mad.     It s no use trying to explain the problem to her she s away with the fairies! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • away with you — British spoken used for telling someone to go away or to stop worrying about you Away with you! shouted Rory. I don t need your advice! …   English dictionary

  • away with the fairies — adjective (to be) not with it, dreaming, not all there Now, I know the story is away with the fairies, but he produces a body and I take him down to the station to talk to the detectives …   Wiktionary

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