HANG ON TO THE BITTER END

Meaning of HANG ON TO THE BITTER END in English

persevere until the very end; refuse to give up

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ, ˈhaiŋ sometimes ˈheŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ; hung also hanged ; hanging ; hangs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
END — I. ˈend noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITTER — I. bit·ter ˈbid.ə(r), ˈbitə- adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English biter; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or …
Английский словарь Webster
BITTER — (v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter …
Английский словарь Webster
BITTER — ( v. t. ) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANG — — hangable , adj. — hangability , n. /hang/ , v. , hung or ( esp. for 4, 5, 20, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
END — end 1 — ender , n. /end/ , n. 1. the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITTER — — bitterish , adj. — bitterly , adv. — bitterness , n. /bit"euhr/ , adj., bitterer, bitterest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ˈhaŋd ; hang·ing ˈhaŋ-iŋ) Etymology: partly from Middle English hon, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BITTER — I. ˈbi-tər adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English biter; akin to Old High German bittar bitter, Old English bītan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANG — noun a sharp or steep declivity or slope. 2. hang ·vi to slope down; as, hanging grounds. 3. hang ·vi …
Webster English vocab
BITTER — vt to make bitter. 2. bitter ·noun aa turn of the cable which is round the bitts. 3. bitter ·vt …
Webster English vocab
HANG — [hang] vb hung also hanged ; hang.ing [partly fr. ME hon, fr. OE hon, v.t.; partly fr. ME hangen, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BITTER — [bit.ter] adj [ME, fr. OE biter; akin to OHG bittar bitter, OE bitan] (bef. 12c) 1 a: being or inducing …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BITTER — bitt|er BrE AmE ˈbɪt |ə AmE ˈbɪt̬ | ə r ▷ bitt|erer ə r ə AmE ə r ə r …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HANG — / hæŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hung , hung / hʌŋ; NAmE / HELP NOTE : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — / ˈbɪtə(r); NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective HELP NOTE : more bitter and most bitter are the usual …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANG — I. hang 1 S1 W2 /hæŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle hung /hʌŋ/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
END — I. end 1 S1 W1 /end/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ end , ↑ ending ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BITTER — I. bit ‧ ter 1 S3 W3 /ˈbɪtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: biter …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
END — n. & v. --n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BITTER — adj. & n. --adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HANG — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
END — n. & v. n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BITTER — adj. & n. adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1. tr. a secure or cause to …
Oxford English vocab
END — n. & v. --n. 1. a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Oxford English vocab
BITTER — adj. & n. --adj. 1. having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Oxford English vocab
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — ( hangs, hanging, hung, hanged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
END — ( ends, ending, ended) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The end …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — ( bitterest, bitters) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In a bitter …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — (~est, ~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In a ~ argument …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HANG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hanging basket (= for putting plants in and hanging outside ) ▪ All …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
END
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BITTER — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bitter argument ▪ There are bitter arguments about whether he was a hero or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
END — (LAST POINT) [noun] [C] - the point in space or time beyond which something no longer exists, or a part …
Cambridge English vocab
BITTER — (COLD) [adjective] - (of weather) extremely cold, esp. in a way that can cause you to feel physical paina bitter …
Cambridge English vocab
HANG — Synonyms and related words : act in concert, adhere, all depend, and quarter, art, aspire, associate with, attach, bag, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Slang English vocab
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Slang English vocab
HANG — n. hang on hang upon hang around hang loose hang out hang up well hung
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BITTER — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: ACRID , amaroidal, austere, harsh, sharp Related Words: acerb, acid, bitterish Contrasted Words: delicious; bland, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BITTER — adjective 1. Synonyms: acrid , amaroidal, austere, harsh, sharp Related Word: acerb, acid, bitterish Contrasted words: delicious; bland, flat, insipid …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — verb ADVERB ▪ limply , loosely ▪ He had lost weight and the suit hung loosely on him. ▪ uselessly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
END — INDEX: 1. the last part of an event or period of time 2. the last part of a book, film, …
Longman Activator English vocab
HANG — n. 25B6; verb lights hung from the trees : BE SUSPENDED, hang down, be pendent, dangle, swing, sway; archaic depend. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BITTER — n. 25B6; adjective bitter coffee : SHARP, acid, acidic, acrid, tart, sour, biting, unsweetened, vinegary; N. Amer. acerb; technical acerbic. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — v. 1 suspend, depend, dangle; be poised or suspended, hover, swing Hang the lantern from this branch The laundry was …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BITTER — adj. 1 harsh, acerbic, acrid, sharp, caustic, mordant I added some cream to the sauce to try and make it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Словарь английских идиом
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Словарь английских идиом
END — I verb 1 BAD : The film was ended at eight-thirty. GOOD : The film ended at eight-thirty. ◆◆◆ The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANG
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
END — конец, окончание - happy * счастливый конец; счастливая развязка - to put an * to smth. положить конец чему-либо, покончить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BITTER — 1. прил. 1) горький bitter as gall/wormwood ≈ горький как полынь Syn : sour 2) горький, мучительный (неприятный, тяжелый для …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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