noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's nearest and dearest
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I don't deal, not for anybody, not for my nearest and dearest.
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It will ensure that the memory of your wedding day will remain uppermost in the minds of your nearest and dearest.
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Novels may have changed, but dropping hints about your will remains a sure-fire way to annoy your nearest and dearest.
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Or heard yourself screaming in a high pitch while arguing fruitlessly with your nearest and dearest?
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Sentimental visits home were punctuated by heated and bitter political arguments with my nearest and dearest.
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She had come to this, to a limp white heap who had forgotten the names of her nearest and dearest.
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Those whose nearest and dearest suffer hearing loss are offered very little assistance to meet the situation!
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Which I most certainly am not, as nearest and dearest, and gangs of so-called friends will confirm.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Well, dearest , I was a little worried.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He'd inscribed the book, ` To dearest Polly.
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I am keeping the light, dearest .
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Let yourself go, my dearest .
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Oh, my dearest , dearest, Riley!
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Pray for me, dearest , I shall be home sooner than we think.
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Sentimental visits home were punctuated by heated and bitter political arguments with my nearest and dearest .
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The secret truth, dearest , is that I can not bear dating.
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You are my dearest , my darling, my dear one.