carry+off+the+palm

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• carry\ off\ the\ palm — • carry off the palm • bear off the palm v. phr. literary To gain the victory; win. John carried off the palm in the tennis championship match. Our army bore off the palm in the battle. (From the fact that long ago a palm leaf was given to the… …   Словарь американских идиом

• carry off the palm — or[bear off the palm] {v. phr.}, {literary} To gain the victory; win. * /John carried off the palm in the tennis championship match./ * /Our army bore off the palm in the battle./ (From the fact that long ago a palm leaf was given to the winner… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• carry off the palm — or[bear off the palm] {v. phr.}, {literary} To gain the victory; win. * /John carried off the palm in the tennis championship match./ * /Our army bore off the palm in the battle./ (From the fact that long ago a palm leaf was given to the winner… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• bear\ off\ the\ palm — • carry off the palm • bear off the palm v. phr. literary To gain the victory; win. John carried off the palm in the tennis championship match. Our army bore off the palm in the battle. (From the fact that long ago a palm leaf was given to the… …   Словарь американских идиом

• bear off the palm — See: CARRY OFF THE PALM …   Dictionary of American idioms

• bear off the palm — See: CARRY OFF THE PALM …   Dictionary of American idioms

• carry off — Synonyms and related words: abduce, abduct, accomplish, achieve, annihilate, bear the palm, bereave of life, bring about, bring off, bring through, bring to effect, bring to pass, capture, carry, carry away, carry into effect, carry into… …   Moby Thesaurus

• palm — palm1 [päm] n. [ME palme < OE palm < L palma: so named because its leaf somewhat resembles the palm of the hand] 1. any of an order (Arecales) of tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees and shrubs, having a woody, usually unbranched …   English World dictionary

• palm — See: CARRY OFF THE PALM, GREASE ONE S PALM, ITCHING PALM …   Dictionary of American idioms

• palm — See: CARRY OFF THE PALM, GREASE ONE S PALM, ITCHING PALM …   Dictionary of American idioms

• palm — See: carry off the palm, grease one s palm, itching palm …   Словарь американских идиом