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to pluck at something

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  • pluck at something — ˈpluck at sth derived to hold sth with the fingers and pull it gently, especially more than once Syn: ↑tug • The child kept plucking at his mother s sleeve. • (figurative) …   Useful english dictionary

  • pluck — pluck1 [plʌk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(pull something)¦ 2 pluck your eyebrows 3¦(take somebody/something away)¦ 4¦(chicken)¦ 5 pluck up (the) courage (to do something) 6¦(music)¦ 7 pluck something out of the air 7 pluck something out of thin air Phrasal… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pluck — pluck1 [ plʌk ] verb * 1. ) transitive to pull the feathers off the body of a dead bird so that it can be cooked: a plucked chicken a ) MAINLY LITERARY to pull a piece of fruit from a tree, or a flower or leaf from a plant: PICK b ) to pull a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pluck at — verb pluck or pull at with the fingers She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse • Syn: ↑pick at, ↑pull at • Hypernyms: ↑pull • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • pluck at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pluck at : present tense I/you/we/they pluck at he/she/it plucks at present participle plucking at past tense plucked at past participle plucked at pluck at something to pull something gently and quickly… …   English dictionary

  • pluck at — PHRASAL VERB If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently. [V P n] The boy plucked at Adam s sleeve …   English dictionary

  • Pluck — Pluck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl[ u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. ?27.] 1. To pull; to draw. [1913 Webster] Its own nature . . . plucks on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pluck up courage — ● courage * * * I pluck up (or screw up or take) courage make an effort to do something that frightens one II see courage * * * pluck up (the) courage ◇ If you pluck up (the) courage to do something, you become brave enough to do it …   Useful english dictionary

  • pluck up (the) courage (to do something) — phrase to persuade yourself to do something that frightens you He finally plucked up the courage to speak to her. Thesaurus: to be ready, or to get ready for somethingsynonym Main entry: pluck * * * pluck up (t …   Useful english dictionary

  • pluck something out of the air — pluck (something) out of the air if you pluck a number out of the air, you say any number and not one that is the result of careful calculation. That figure of eighty thousand pounds isn t something we ve just plucked out of the air. We ve done a …   New idioms dictionary

  • pluck something out of the air — pluck something out of/from/the air phrase to say the first number, date, fact etc that you think of without knowing whether it is correct ‘75% of people agree with me,’ I said, plucking a figure out of the air. Thesaurus: to guesssynonym Main en …   Useful english dictionary

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