Deal+a+blow

  • 31blow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hard knock that hits sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, heavy, nasty, painful, powerful, severe, sharp, stinging, violent …

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  • 32blow — I n. 1) to deal, deliver, strike a blow (he dealt us a severe blow) 2) to heap, rain blows on smb. 3) to come to blows; to exchange blows 4) to take a blow (the boxer took several blows to the head) 5) to cushion; deflect, parry, ward off; dodge… …

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  • 33blow — I [[t]blo͟ʊ[/t]] VERB USES ♦♦ blows, blowing, blew, blown (Please look at category 15 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) VERB When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves. A chill wind blew at the top… …

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  • 34Blow (Film) — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Blow Produktionsland USA …

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  • 35deal a mortal blow (to something) — strike/deal/a mortal blow (to something) phrase to completely destroy something This could deal a mortal blow to his credibility. Thesaurus: to destroy or severely damage somethingsynonym Main entry: mortal …

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  • 36blow*/*/ — [bləʊ] (past tense blew [bluː] ; past participle blown [bləʊn] ) verb I 1) if wind or air blows, the air moves A strong wind was blowing across the island.[/ex] 2) [I/T] if something blows somewhere, or if it is blown somewhere, the wind moves it …

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  • 37deal — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fair, good, sweet (AmE) ▪ bad, raw, rotten, rough ▪ Immigrants often get a bad deal when it comes …

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  • 38blow up — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, add to, adulate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, apotheosize, arouse, augment, awake, awaken, backfire, be angry, be excitable, beef up, belaud, belie, bellow, bepraise, blast, bless, blitz, bloat,… …

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  • 39deal — I n. transaction 1) to close, wrap up (colloq.); do (BE), make (AE), strike a deal with (we closed the deal with them yesterday) treatment 2) a fair, square; raw (colloq.), rotten (colloq.), rough (colloq.) deal (she got a raw deal from her boss) …

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  • 40deal — I. noun Etymology: Middle English deel, from Old English dǣl; akin to Old English dāl division, portion, Old High German teil part Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete part, portion 2. a usually large or indefinite quantity or degree < a great&#8230; …

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