STEAL SOMEONE'S THUNDER

Meaning of STEAL SOMEONE'S THUNDER in English

win praise or attention for oneself by pre-empting someone else's attempt to impress.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

STEAL SOMEONE'S THUNDER — похитить чьи-л. лавры
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STEAL SOMEONE'S THUNDER — похитить чьи-л. лавры
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THUNDER — I. ˈthəndə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English thoner, thonder, thunder, from Old English thunor; akin to Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STEAL — I. ˈstē(ə)l, ˈstā(ə)l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English stele stalk, stem, handle, from Old English, stalk, support; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THUNDER — — thunderer , n. — thunderless , adj. /thun"deuhr/ , n. 1. a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STEAL — — stealable , adj. — stealer , n. /steel/ , v. , stole, stolen, stealing , n. v.t. 1. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THUNDER — I. ˈthən-dər noun Etymology: Middle English thoner, thunder, from Old English thunor; akin to Old High German thonar thunder, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STEAL — I. ˈstēl verb ( stole ˈstōl ; sto·len ˈstō-lən ; steal·ing ) Etymology: Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THUNDER — noun to utter violent denunciation. 2. thunder ·noun any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon. 3. thunder ·noun the …
Webster English vocab
STEAL — noun a handle; a stale, or stele. 2. steal ·vt to gain by insinuating arts or covert means. 3. steal …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
THUNDER — [thun.der] n [ME thoner, thunder, fr. OE thunor; akin to OHG thonar thunder, L tonare to thunder] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STEAL — [steal] vb stole ; sto.len ; steal.ing [ME stelen, fr. OE stelan; akin to OHG stelan to steal] vi (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THUNDER — sound caused by a lightning discharge. The discharge heats and expands the air around it and forms a compression wave …
Britannica English vocabulary
THUNDER — thunder BrE AmE ˈθʌnd ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ thunder|ed d ▷ thundering/ly ˈθʌnd‿ ə r ɪŋ /li …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THUNDER — / ˈθʌndə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. the loud noise that you hear after …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEAL — / stiːl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( stole / stəʊl; NAmE stoʊl/ stolen / ˈstəʊlən; NAmE ˈstoʊ-/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUNDER — I. thun ‧ der 1 /ˈθʌndə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thunor ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STEAL — I. steal 1 S3 W3 /stiːl/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense stole /stəʊl $ stoʊl/, past participle stolen /ˈstəʊlən …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THUNDER — n. & v. --n. 1 a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash and due to the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STEAL — v. & n. --v. (past stole; past part. stolen) 1 tr. (also absol.) a take (another person's property) illegally. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THUNDER — n. & v. n. 1 a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash and due to the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STEAL — v. & n. v. (past stole; past part. stolen) 1 tr. (also absol.) a take (another person's property) illegally. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THUNDER — n. & v. --n. 1. a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash and due to the …
Oxford English vocab
STEAL — v. & n. --v. (past stole; past part. stolen) 1. tr. (also absol.) a take (another person's property) illegally. b …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
THUNDER — ( thunders, thundering, thundered) 1. Thunder is the loud noise that you hear from the sky after a flash of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEAL — ( steals, stealing, stole, stolen) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THUNDER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a face like thunder (= a very angry expression ) ▪ The boss had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STEAL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THUNDER — [verb], [noun] [U] - (to make a noise like) the sudden loud noise which comes after a flash of lightning …
Cambridge English vocab
STEAL — (CHEAP) [noun] [U] [esp. US] [informal] - a steal very cheapI picked up a new iron at the sale - …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
THUNDER
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUNDER — See: BLOOD AND THUNDER, STEAL ONE'S THUNDER.
Slang English vocab
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUNDER — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ The ~ was getting louder and louder. ▪ rolling , rumbling ▪ distant ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STEAL — verb Steal is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ burglar , ↑ hand , ↑ robber , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STEAL — INDEX: 1. to steal something 2. to steal from a house, shop, or bank 3. to steal from someone in …
Longman Activator English vocab
THUNDER — n. 25B6; noun thunder and lightning : THUNDERCLAP, roll/rumble of thunder, crack/crash of thunder; poetic/literary thunderbolt. the ceaseless thunder of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUNDER — See: BLOOD AND THUNDER, STEAL ONE'S THUNDER.
Словарь английских идиом
THUNDER — [Native American] Thunder is generally regarded as a natural manifestation of power. Thunderer is the personification of the Thunder spirit. …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
THUNDER — is hardly ever heard in Palestine form the middle of April to the middle of September; hence it was selected …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
THUNDER — noun BAD : I heard a terribly loud noise, like a thunder. GOOD : I heard a terribly loud noise, …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
STEAL — verb 1 BAD : The bank in our town has been stolen twice this year. GOOD : The bank in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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