LIVE BY ONE'S WITS

Meaning of LIVE BY ONE'S WITS in English

earn money by clever and sometimes dishonest means, having no regular employment.

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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — earn money by scheming, earn a living through artifice
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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — кое-как изворачиваться
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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — кое-как изворачиваться
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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — кое-как изворачиваться
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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — кое-как изворачиваться
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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — кое-как изворачиваться
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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — кое-как изворачиваться
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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — кое-как изворачиваться
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LIVE BY ONE'S WITS — кое-как изворачиваться
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
LIVE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WITS — plural of wit
Webster's New International 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
LIVE — live 1 /liv/ , v. , lived /livd/ , living . v.i. 1. to have life, as an organism; be …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WITS — n. soundness of mind; sane mental faculties; sanity; cleverness and ability to think quickly
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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
LIVE — I. ˈliv verb ( lived ; liv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English libban; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIVE — adj vivid; bright. 2. live ·noun life. 3. live ·adj having life; alive; living; not dead. 4. live ·adj imparting …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
LIVE — [live] vb lived ; liv.ing [ME, fr. OE libban; akin to OHG leben to live] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIVE — I live BrE AmE v lɪv ▷ lived lɪvd ▷ lives lɪvz ▷ living ˈlɪv ɪŋ II live adjective, adverb …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIVE — I . / lɪv; NAmE / verb —see also live (II) IN A PLACE 1. [ v + adv. / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
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
LIVE — I. live 1 S1 W1 /lɪv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ live , ↑ outlive , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
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
LIVE — v. 1 intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed (lives …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
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
LIVE — adj. 1 (attrib.) that is alive; living. 2 (of a broadcast) heard or seen at the time of its performance, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIVE — v. 1 intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed (lives …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
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
LIVE — 1. v. 1. intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
LIVE — I. VERB USES /lɪv/ ( lives, living, lived) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITS — [plural] [noun] - practical intelligence or understandingShe's learned to survive on her keen wits and intellect.He'll need all the wits …
Cambridge English vocab
LIVE — I. verb 1 in a place ADVERB ▪ alone ▪ together ▪ She disapproves of unmarried couples living together. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WITS — • ↑ be at your wits' end • ↑ keep/have your wits about you • ↑ scared stiff/scared out of …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — See ↑ ALIVE 2, ↑ LIVE 1, ↑ SURVIVE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be fit to live in • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — INDEX: 1. to live in a place 2. to start to live in a place 3. when you live in …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective live bait : LIVING, alive, having life, breathing, animate, sentient. a live performance : IN THE FLESH, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE — adj. 25B6; verb the greatest mathematician who ever lived : EXIST, be alive, be, have life; breathe, draw breath, walk …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WITS — n. 1) to collect one's ~ 2) the ~ to + inf. (he didn't have enough ~ to realize what …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
LIVE — adj. 1 living, breathing, animate, viable, existent; material, physical, tangible, real, actual, palpable She said she'd rather be a live …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WITS — gewitt
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
LIVE — [common] Opposite of `test'. Refers to actual real-world data or a program working with it. For example, the response to …
Jargon File English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WITS — [Windows Integrated Test Suite] комплекс тестов в среде Windows, контрольный набор тестов WITS
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WITS — Остроумие
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ONE
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