PUT A DIFFERENT SLANT ON IT

Meaning of PUT A DIFFERENT SLANT ON IT in English

change the way you see it, change your view

If you called the police because you thought I needed help, that puts a different slant on it.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

PUT A DIFFERENT SLANT ON IT — change the way you see it, change your view, put things in perspective If you called the police because you …
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SLANT — I. ˈslant, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- adverb Etymology: Middle English slonte, short for aslonte aslant — more at aslant : aslant …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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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
DIFFERENT — I. ˈdifərnt, -f(ə)rənt, -R sometimes -fənt adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre to carry …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — (a.) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or …
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFERENT — ( a. ) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLANT — — slantingly, slantly , adv. /slant, slahnt/ , v.i. 1. to veer or angle away from a given level or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — — differently , adv. — differentness , n. /dif"euhr euhnt, dif"reuhnt/ , adj. 1. not alike in character or quality; …
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SLANT — I. ˈslant verb Etymology: Middle English slenten to fall obliquely, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slenta to slope, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — I. ˈdi-fərnt, ˈdi-f(ə-)rənt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre Date: 14th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLANT — noun an oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark. 2. slant ·noun a slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, …
Webster English vocab
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
DIFFERENT — adj distinct; separate; not the same; other. 2. different ·adj of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or …
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SLANT — [slant] n (1655) 1: a slanting direction, line, or plane: slope 2. a: something that slants b: diagonal 3 c: …
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PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
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DIFFERENT — [dif.fer.ent] adj [MF, fr. L different-, differens, prp. of differre] (14c) 1: partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or …
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DIFFERENT — different BrE AmE ˈdɪf r ə nt ˈdɪf ə r‿ ə nt ˈdɪf ə r‿ ə nt ▷ different|ly li …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLANT — / slɑːnt; NAmE slænt/ verb , noun ■ verb 1. [+ adv. / prep. ] to slope or to make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — / ˈdɪfrənt; NAmE / adjective 1. different (from / to / than sb/sth) not the same as sb/sth; not like …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLANT — I. slant 1 /slɑːnt $ slænt/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: From a Scandinavian language ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIFFERENT — dif ‧ fe ‧ rent S1 W1 /ˈdɪf ə rənt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: verb : ↑ differ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLANT — v., n., & adj. --v. 1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). ° Different from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLANT — v., n., & adj. v. 1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). ° Different from …
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SLANT — v., n., & adj. --v. 1. intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
DIFFERENT — adj.1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). Usage: Different from is …
Oxford English vocab
SLANT — ( slants, slanting, slanted) 1. Something that slants is sloping, rather than horizontal or vertical. The morning sun slanted through …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
DIFFERENT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If two people or things are …
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SLANT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN sun ▪ The sun was slanting in through the windows and heating the …
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DIFFERENT — [adjective]Different means not the same.She seems to wear something different every day.He's different now that he's been to college.Are you …
Cambridge English vocab
SLANT — I. noun 1 leaning position PREPOSITION ▪ at a ~ ▪ They held their spears at a ~. 2 way …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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DIFFERENT — See ↑ DIFFERENT 1,5, ↑ VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDS 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ along different lines • ↑ be different • …
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DIFFERENT — INDEX: 1. not like someone or something else 2. very different from something or someone else 3. completely different from …
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SLANT — n. 25B6; verb the floor was slanting : SLOPE, tilt, incline, be at an angle, tip, cant, lean, dip, pitch, …
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PUT — n. 25B6; verb she put the parcel on a chair : PLACE, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, settle; leave, …
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DIFFERENT — adj. 25B6; adjective people with different lifestyles : DISSIMILAR, unalike, unlike, contrasting, contrastive, divergent, differing, varying, disparate; poles apart, incompatible, …
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SLANT — n. 1 angle, viewpoint, (point of) view, standpoint, approach, twist, idea, aspect, attitude The article reflects a new slant on …
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DIFFERENT — adj. 1 unlike, unalike, dissimilar, conflicting; contrary, discrete, contrastive, contrasting, disparate, divergent, diverse, distinct, opposite, separate, distinguishable; another or other …
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DIFFERENT — adjective 1 BAD : London is different of Hong Kong. GOOD : London is different from/to Hong Kong. BAD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SLANT — 1. сущ. 1) а) наклон, склон, уклон slant of the coast ≈ наклонный берег Syn : slope 1. б) наклонное …
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ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
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DIFFERENT — прил. 1) а) непохожий, другой, отличный (from, to, than) (по внутренней структуре, качествам и т.д.) basically, entirely, radically different ≈ …
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SLANT — slant.ogg 1. slɑ:nt n 1. уклон, косина; скос on the /a/ slant - косо; в наклонном положении slant of the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIFFERENT — different.ogg ʹdıf(ə)rənt a 1. различный, разный; отличный, несходный different styles ideas - различные стили идеи to be different from other …
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