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(intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
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Alternative form of carry coals to Newcastle [(idiomatic) To do something that is unneeded or redundant.]
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(intransitive) To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
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A crowd control barrier.
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To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
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(transitive, now chiefly Britain, dialectal, marbles) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
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To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
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(intransitive) To duck under a surface and cover one's face with one's hands, as a means to protect oneself from flying debris etc.
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(transitive, intransitive) To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
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An instance of somebody being hamstringed.
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(transitive, UK dialectal) To dig out; make hollow; hollow out.
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(transitive) To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it from hunting).
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(idiomatic) To complete a form, record, or document without having performed the implied work or without supporting data or evidence.
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To engage in some activity with vigor.
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(archaic) To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub.
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(intransitive, transitive) To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his burrow.
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a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
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(historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
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(transitive, also figuratively) Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
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Alternative spelling of rake and scrape [(music, Bahamas) A type of traditional Bahamian folk music, characterized by a reliance on improvised musical instruments, such as a ripsaw.]
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(literally) to collect something such as leaves into a pile, often with a rake
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(intransitive, falconry) To fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung.
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(idiomatic) To discuss something unpleasant from the past.
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(figuratively, Britain) To bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.
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(idiomatic) To call to task or to reprimand severely.
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(transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To cover up, to hide (like covering live embers by raking ashes over them).
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Alternative spelling of rake and scrape [(music, Bahamas) A type of traditional Bahamian folk music, characterized by a reliance on improvised musical instruments, such as a ripsaw.]
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A portion of something raked up.
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To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
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(transitive) To cleave; to rive; to split.
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A place torn; a rent; a rift.
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(of a person) to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out.
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(transitive, figuratively) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To rub from top to bottom, e.g. for cleaning, stripping paint or massage.
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(intransitive, US, slang) To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.
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to pick up or clear up by scooping
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(idiomatic) To marginally manage to progress.
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(idiomatic) To play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.
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(transitive) To turn something sharply.
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(transitive) To cause a temporary disruption of the operations of, usually an airport.
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(transitive, with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
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To stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward.
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(literally) To step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, invariably striking the person walking in the face.
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(intransitive) To run quickly.
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(transitive) To level using a strickle.
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To hang freely; underhang.
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synonym of sweep something under the rug
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(transitive) To rake back (the ashes or embers of a fire).
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.
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A high flying cloud; a rack.
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(UK dialectal) To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
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