SWING THE LEAD BRIT.

Meaning of SWING THE LEAD BRIT. in English

swing the lead Brit.

informal

malinger; shirk one's duty. [with naut. allusion to using a lead to ascertain the depth of water.]

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BRIT — I. noun Date: 1901 ~on 2, II. abbreviation ~ain; ~ish
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LEAD — I Metallic chemical element , chemical symbol Pb, atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, silvery white or grayish, malleable, …
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BRIT — I. noun or britt ˈbrit ( -s ) Etymology: modification of Cornish brȳthel mackerel, literally, speckled, from brȳth speckled + …
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BRIT — (n.) Alt. of Britt
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BRIT — ( n. ) Alt. of Britt
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SWING — swing 1 — swingable , adj. /swing/ , v. , swung, swinging , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to cause …
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LEAD — lead 1 /leed/ , v. , led, leading , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to go before or with to …
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BRIT — /brit/ , n. Informal. Briton (def. 1). [ 1900-05; by shortening ]
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BRIT — /brit/ , n. 1. the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales. 2. the young of …
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BRIT — n. small herring
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BRIT — n. (British) award ceremony similar to the American Grammies
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BRIT — I. ˈbrit noun Date: 1901 : Briton 2 II. abbreviation Britain; British
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BRIT — also britt ˈbrit Etymology: perhaps from Cornish brȳthel mackerel Date: 1851 : minute marine animals (as crustaceans and pteropods) on …
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SWING — noun to be hanged. 2. swing ·noun influence of power of a body put in swaying motion. 3. swing ·noun …
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LEAD
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BRIT — noun ·alt. of britt.
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BRIT — informal ■ noun a ~ish person. ■ adjective ~ish.
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BRIT — [brit] also britt n [perh. fr. Corn brythel mackerel] (ca. 1890): minute marine animals (as crustaceans and pteropods) on which …
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BRIT — [Brit] abbreviation Britain, British
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SWING — in music, both the rhythmic impetus of jazz music and a specific jazz idiom prominent between about 1935 and the …
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BRIT — Brit, brit BrE AmE brɪt ▷ Brits, brits brɪts
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LEAD — I . *lead / liːd; NAmE / verb , noun —see also lead (II) ■ verb ( led , led …
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SWING — / swɪŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( swung , swung / swʌŋ; NAmE /) HANG AND MOVE …
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BRIT — / brɪt; NAmE / noun ( informal ) a person from Britain ➡ note at British •• WORD ORIGIN early …
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SWING — I. swing 1 W3 /swɪŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle swung /swʌŋ/) [ Language: Old English …
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LEAD — I. lead 1 S1 W1 /liːd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle led /led/) [ Word Family: …
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BRIT — Brit /brɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: British ] informal someone from Britain
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SWING — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
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LEAD — n. & v. --n. 1 Chem. a heavy bluish-grey soft ductile metallic element occurring naturally in galena and used in …
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BRIT — n. colloq. a British person. [abbr.]
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SWING — v. & n. v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
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LEAD — n. & v. n. 1 Chem. a heavy bluish-grey soft ductile metallic element occurring naturally in galena and used in …
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LEAD
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BRIT — n. colloq. a British person. [ abbr. ]
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SWING — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. swung) 1. intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
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BRIT — n. colloq. a British person. Etymology: abbr.
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LEAD — I. BEING AHEAD OR TAKING SOMEONE SOMEWHERE /li:d/ ( leads, leading, led) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
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SWING — ( swings, swinging, swung) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If something …
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BRIT — ( Brits) British people are sometimes referred to as Brits . ( INFORMAL ) Holiday mad Brits are packing their …
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BRIT — (~s) ~ish people are sometimes referred to as ~s. (INFORMAL) Holiday mad ~s are packing their buckets and spades and …
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SWING — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a door swings open/shut (= moves forward to open or backwards to shut ) …
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LEAD
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BRIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE true ▪ The True Brit had all the usual pictures, but there was a …
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BRIT — [noun] [C] [informal] - a British personA gang of tourists walked into the bar and you could just tell by …
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BRIT — ➡ Briton
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BRIT — разг. британец
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LEAD — v. 1 conduct, escort, usher, guide, show the way, pilot, steer If you lead, I'll follow 2 cause, influence, prompt, …
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SWING — 1. сущ. 1) а) качание, колебание In the last elections there was a swing to the right. ≈ На последних …
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LEAD — I 1. сущ. 1) хим. свинец 2) а) мор. лот to heave the lead, cast the lead ≈ бросать лот; …
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BRIT — (зоология) криль; молодь сельди
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BRIT — сущ.; разг. британец (историческое) бритт (разговорное) британец
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SWING — swing.ogg 1. swıŋ n 1. 1> качание; колебание the swing of the pendulum - качание маятника см. тж. 2) on …
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LEAD — lead.ogg _I 1. led n 1. хим. свинец lead ore - свинцовая руда lead plate - свинцовая пластинка lead plating …
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BRIT — n зоол. 1. криль 2. молодь сельди
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SWING — 1) колебание; качание; раскачивание || колебаться; качаться; раскачиваться 2) размах; удвоенная амплитуда 3) машиностр. наибольший диаметр ( обрабатываемого изделия ) …
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LEAD — I 1) опережение || опережать 2) строит. порядовка; маяк ( в каменных работах ) 3) мн. ч. направляющие стрелы копра …
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SWING — 1) колебание; качание; раскачивание || колебаться; качаться; раскачиваться 2) размах; удвоенная амплитуда 3) машиностр. наибольший диаметр (обрабатываемого изделия) 4) наибольшее расстояние (между центрами …
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