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1 sink or swim
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n. gootsteen; plaats waar leden van onderwereld samenkomen--------v. verzinken, zinken, ondergaan; tot zinken brengen; vallen; parachuutspringen; indringen; van honger omkomensink1[ singk] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉2 wasbak♦voorbeelden:————————sink21 (weg)zinken ⇒ (weg)zakken, verzakken3 afnemen ⇒ verflauwen, verdwijnen♦voorbeelden:sunken road • verzakte/holle wegsink to the ground • op de grond neerzijgenhis voice sank to a whisper • zijn stem daalde tot op fluisterniveausink in one's estimation • in iemands achting dalen5 his words will sink in • zijn woorden zullen inslaan/doordringenthe news finally sank into his mind • het nieuws drong eindelijk tot hem doorII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉4 (bal) in gat/korf krijgen 〈 golf, basketbal enz.〉♦voorbeelden:sink one's head into one's hands • zijn hoofd in zijn handen laten zakkensink a pole into the ground • een paal de grond in drijvenbe sunk • reddeloos verloren zijn
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Sink or Swim — may refer to:In games: * Sink or Swim (video game), a 1993 game also known as S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard! In music: * Sink or Swim (The Waifs album) * Sink or Swim (Gaslight Anthem album) * Sink or Swim (Over My Dead Body album)In television: *… … Wikipedia
sink or swim — {v. phr.} To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you don t work hard to succeed. * /When Joe was fourteen, his parents died, and he was left by himself to sink or swim./ * /Tom s new job was … Dictionary of American idioms
sink or swim — {v. phr.} To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you don t work hard to succeed. * /When Joe was fourteen, his parents died, and he was left by himself to sink or swim./ * /Tom s new job was … Dictionary of American idioms
Sink or Swim — Éditeur Zeppelin Games, Codemasters Développeur Zeppelin Games, Codemasters Date de sortie 1993 Genre Action, réflexion Mode de jeu … Wikipédia en Français
sink or swim — Of you are left to sink or swim, no one gives you any help and it s up to you whether you fail or succeed … The small dictionary of idiomes
sink or swim — ► sink or swim fail or succeed by one s own efforts. Main Entry: ↑sink … English terms dictionary
sink or swim — phrasal 1. : to drown unless one swims if he fall in, good night, or sink or swim Shakespeare 2. : to fail or perish unless one exerts oneself sending him out on his own to sink or swim * * * sink or swim phrase to be left on your own to succeed… … Useful english dictionary
Sink N' Swim — Infobox Single Name = Sink N Swim Artist = Plumb Album = Beautiful Lumps of Coal Released = 2004 Format = CD Digital download Radio airplay Recorded = Genre = Pop rock Length = 3:29 (Album Version) Label = Curb Writer = Producer = Certification … Wikipedia
sink or swim — Of you are left to sink or swim, no one gives you any help and it s up to you whether you fail or succeed. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone has to sink or swim, they have to do something alone, and their success or failure… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
sink\ or\ swim — v. phr. To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you don t work hard to succeed. When Joe was fourteen, his parents died, and he was left by himself to sink or swim. Tom s new job was… … Словарь американских идиом
sink or swim — fail or succeed by your own efforts He will have to sink or swim when he begins his new job … Idioms and examples