NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST

Meaning of NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST in English

literary To let everyone know what you think is right and refuse to change. During the election campaign the candidate nailed his colors to the mast on the question of civil rights.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST — phrasal : to assume and manifest an inflexible attitude (as of determination not to acknowledge defeat)
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST — {literary} To let everyone know what you think is right and refuse to change. * /During the election campaign the …
Slang English vocab
NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST — {literary} To let everyone know what you think is right and refuse to change. * /During the election campaign the …
Словарь английских идиом
NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST — не отступать, открыто отстаивать свои убеждения, проявлять настойчивость
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NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST — не отступать, открыто отстаивать свои убеждения, проявлять настойчивость
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAST — n [Naut.] mast; a medie mast at half-mast
Interlingua English vocab
MAST — ~. FOREMAST: focmast. MAINMAST: grand mast. MIZZENMAST: bisan-mast. MASTHEAD: maste-cap
English interlingue dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAIL — I. ˈnāl, esp before pause or consonant ˈnāəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAST — I. ˈmast, -aa(ə)st, -aist, -ȧst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mæst; akin to Middle Dutch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLORS — plural of color present third singular of color
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAST — (v. t.) To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a …
Английский словарь Webster
MAST — ( v. t. ) To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIL — — nailless , adj. — naillike , adj. /nayl/ , n. 1. a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAST — mast 1 — mastless , adj. — mastlike , adj. /mast, mahst/ , n. 1. Naut. a. a spar or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLORS — n. flag or banner; combination of colors (on a badge, uniform, etc.); personality, character (also colours)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAIL — I. ˈnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nægl; akin to Old High German nagal nail, fingernail, Latin unguis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAST — I. ˈmast noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mæst; akin to Old High German mast mast, Latin malus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAIL — noun to spike, as a cannon. 2. nail ·noun to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. 3. …
Webster English vocab
MAST — noun the vertical post of a derrick or crane. 2. mast ·noun the fruit of the oak and beech, or …
Webster English vocab
NAIL — [nail] n [ME, fr. OE naegl; akin to OHG nagal nail, fingernail, L unguis fingernail, toenail, claw, Gk onyx] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAST — [mast] n [ME, fr. OE maest; akin to OHG mast mast, L malus] (bef. 12c) 1: a long pole or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
NAIL — nail, Nail BrE AmE neɪ ə l ▷ nailed neɪ ə ld ▷ nailing ˈneɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ nails …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAST — / mɑːst; NAmE mæst/ noun 1. a tall pole on a boat or ship that supports the sails —picture at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL — I. nail 1 S3 /neɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nægl ] 1 . a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAST — mast /mɑːst $ mæst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mæst ] 1 . a tall …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAST — n. & v. --n. 1 a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAST — n. & v. n. 1 a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Oxford English vocab
MAST — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL — ( nails, nailing, nailed) 1. A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a nail bomb (= containing nails ) as tough as nails/as tough as old …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAST — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at half mast (= halfway down the pole, in order to express public sadness at …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAST — [noun] [C] - a tall pole made from wood or metalA mast is a wooden or metal pole used on …
Cambridge English vocab
MAST — Synonyms and related words : advocate, alpenstock, antenna tower, arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, barbican, bare pole, bearer, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLORS — Synonyms and related words : Communist threat, Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Union Flag, Union …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLORS — n 1. gang attire, usually colored to differentiate between gangs. ("They now ban colors at Pete's Bar.") Submitted by J. …
Slang English vocab
COLORS — n. pl. Flag, standard, ensign, banner.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
NAIL — noun 1 on the fingers/toes ⇨ See also ↑ fingernail , ↑ toenail ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ sharp …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MAST — n. 25B6; noun a ship's mast : spar, boom, yard, gaff, foremast, mainmast, topmast, mizzenmast, mizzen, royal mast. the mast …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLORS — n. banner, flag 1) to display, show the ~ 2) to salute; troop the ~ 3) to dip; haul down, …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
COLORS — The terms relative to color, occurring in the Bible, may be arranged in two classes, the first including those applied …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NAIL — 1. сущ. 1) ноготь to cut, pare, trim one's nails ≈ стричь ногти to do, manicure one's nails ≈ делать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MAST — I сущ.; с.-х. плодокорм II 1. сущ. мачта; лес, из которого делают мачты to serve/sail before the mast ≈ служить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLORS — сущ. окраска, раскраска, расцветка, цвет Syn : coloration, coloring Цвета
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLORS — Цвета
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
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