transfer maneuver

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• transfer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Convey from one person to another Nouns 1. transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, consignment; transfusion, displacement, dislodgment; metastasis; shift, change, removing,… …   English dictionary for students

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