to sue for peace

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• sue for peace — formal phrase if a country that has been fighting sues for peace, it asks for the fighting to stop in order to avoid being defeated totally Thesaurus: ending, solving and avoiding arguments and fightshyponym arguments and arguingsynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• sue for peace — formal if a country that has been fighting sues for peace, it asks for the fighting to stop in order to avoid being defeated totally …   English dictionary

• Jewish Voice for Peace — (JVP) (קול יהודי לשלום Kol Yehudi la Shalom) is a United States Jewish organization which describes itself as a diverse and democratic community of activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, and human… …   Wikipedia

• sue — [sju: US su:] v [I and T] [Date: 1100 1200; : Anglo French; Origin: suer to follow, make a legal claim to , from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequi; SEQUENCE] 1.) to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Coalition of Women for Peace — Type Non profit NGO Founded 2000[1] Area served Israel …   Wikipedia

• Gold Star Families for Peace — (GSFP) is a United States based organization founded in January 2005 by individuals who lost family members in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and are thus entitled to display a Gold Star. It is considered an offshoot of Military Families Speak Out.… …   Wikipedia

• sue — [ su ] verb intransitive or transitive ** to make a legal claim against someone, usually to get money from them because they have done something bad to you. The legal claim is called a lawsuit: If we go public with these allegations, do you think …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sue — v. 1) (d; intr.) to sue for ( to request ) (to sue for peace) 2) (D; intr., tr.) ( to seek in court ) to sue for (to sue for damages; she sued him for a large sum of money) 3) (E) ( to seek in court ) they sued to get their property back * * *… …   Combinatory dictionary

• sue — verb (I, T) to make a legal claim against someone, especially for an amount of money, because you have been harmed in some way: If the builders don t fulfil their side of the contract, we ll sue. | sue sb for libel/negligence/malpractice etc… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sue */*/ — UK [suː] / UK [sjuː] / US [su] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms sue : present tense I/you/we/they sue he/she/it sues present participle suing past tense sued past participle sued to make a legal claim against someone, usually to get… …   English dictionary

• sue — suer, n. /sooh/, v., sued, suing. v.t. 1. to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages. 2. to woo or court. 3. Obs. to make petition or appeal to. v.i. 4. to institute legal proceedings, or bring …   Universalium