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1 forth
adv. framåt; vidare; hädanefter; ut* * *[fo:Ɵ](forward; onward: They went forth into the desert.) framåt, vidare -
2 hunched up
(with one's back and shoulders bent forward: He sat hunched up near the fire.) hopkrupen -
3 the splits
(the gymnastic exercise of sitting down on the floor with one leg straight forward and the other straight back: to do the splits.) spagat
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