GRAFT OFF (SOMEBODY)

Meaning of GRAFT OFF (SOMEBODY) in English

graft off somebody phrasal verb American English ( see also ↑ graft )

to get money or advantages from someone by the dishonest use of influence, especially political influence

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

SOMEBODY — alcun, alqui; (acc.) alquem
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEBODY — I. ˈsəmˌbädē, -(ˌ)bədē, -di pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum body, from sum, som some + body : one or some …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAFT — I. ˈgraft, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English graften, alteration of graffen — more at graff …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAFT — (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; …
Английский словарь Webster
GRAFT — ( n. ) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAFT — graft 1 — grafter , n. /graft, grahft/ , n. 1. Hort. a. a bud, shoot, or scion of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — I. ˈsəm-(ˌ)bə-dē, -ˌbä- pronoun Date: 14th century : one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity somebody will come …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAFT — I. ˈgraft noun Etymology: Middle English graffe, grafte, from Anglo-French greffe, graife stylus, graph, from Medieval Latin graphium, from Latin, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — noun a person of consideration or importance. 2. somebody ·noun a person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
GRAFT — noun a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. 2. graft ·add. ·noun a "soft thing" …
Webster English vocab
SOMEBODY — [some.body] pron (14c): one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity "~ will come in" [2]somebody n (ca. 1566): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRAFT — [graft] n [ME graffe, grafte, fr. MF grafe, fr. ML graphium, fr. L, stylus, fr. Gk grapheion, fr. graphein to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEBODY — somebody BrE AmE ˈsʌm bəd i -ˌbɒd- -ˌbɑːd- —There is also a casual form ˈsʌm di
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — / ˈsʌmbədi; NAmE / pronoun = someone : Somebody should have told me. She thinks she's really somebody in that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAFT — / grɑːft; NAmE græft/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a piece cut from a living plant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — I. some ‧ bod ‧ y 1 S1 W3 /ˈsʌmbɒdi, -bədi $ -bɑːdi, -bədi/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRAFT — I. graft 1 /ɡrɑːft $ ɡræft/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: graff 'graft' (14-19 centuries) , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. --pron. some person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRAFT — n. & v. --n. 1 Bot. a a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock, from which it …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. pron. some person. n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRAFT — n. & v. n. 1 Bot. a a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock, from which it …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. --pron. some person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
GRAFT — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. Bot. a a shoot or scion inserted into a slit of stock, from which …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEBODY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Somebody means the same as someone . …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAFT — ( grafts, grafting, grafted) 1. A graft is a piece of healthy skin or bone, or a healthy organ, which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Somebody means the same as someone . …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEBODY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A white person was by definition somebody . ▪ Which just goes to prove, you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAFT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES skin graft COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE hard ▪ Horses are not stupid and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — n. Function: pronoun one or some individual of no certain or known identity FF1C; somebody should be home FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEBODY — I. pronoun one or some individual of no certain or known identity somebody should be home Synonyms: someone Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRAFT — noun 1 on part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ bone , skin VERB + GRAFT ▪ do ▪ Doctors are …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — n. 25B6; noun she wanted to be a somebody : IMPORTANT PERSON, VIP, public figure, notable, dignitary, worthy; someone, (big/household) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRAFT — n. informal) 25B6; noun hard graft. : See work noun sense 1. 25B6; verb they often graft for each other. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRAFT — n. 25B6; noun grafts may die from lack of water : SCION, cutting, shoot, offshoot, bud, sprout, sprig. a skin …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — pron. 1 one, someone, some person There must be somebody who will take you to the dance n. 2 personage, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEBODY — pronoun BAD : She hadn't seen somebody for over a week. GOOD : She hadn't seen anybody for over a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — 1. мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Somebody is knocking at the door. ≈ Кто-то стучит в дверь. Syn : anybody, someone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAFT — I 1. сущ. 1) а) привой (то, что прививают) Syn : scion б) прививка растения (процесс) 2) хир. пересадка ткани …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEBODY — somebody.ogg 1. ʹsʌmbədı n 1. часто ирон. человек с положением, важная персона, «шишка» he's (a) somebody - а) он влиятельный …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRAFT — graft.ogg _I 1. grɑ:ft n 1. прививка, привой, привитая часть ( растения ) graft polymer - графт-полимер, привитой полимер 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1) второстепенный 2) выключенный 3) дальний 4) дальше отстоящий 5) незначительный 6) низкосортный 7) разъединенный 8) свободный • cast off the mooring rope — отдать причальный конец cut off a …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GRAFT — 1) прививка || привитый 2) мед. пересаживаемая ткань, трансплантат || трансплантировать - approach graft - arterial graft
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GRAFT — graft I 1. сущ.1) а) привой (то, что прививают) Syn:scion б) прививка растения (процесс) 2) хир. пересадка ткани to do …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SOMEBODY — 1. [ʹsʌmbədı] n 1. часто ирон. человек с положением, важная персона, «шишка» he's (a) ~ - а) он влиятельный человек; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SOMEBODY — 1. ʹsʌmbədı n 1. часто ирон. человек с положением, важная персона, «шишка» he's (a) somebody - а) он влиятельный человек; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GRAFT — _I 1. grɑ:ft n 1. прививка, привой, привитая часть ( растения ) graft polymer - графт-полимер, привитой полимер 2. мед. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEBODY — 1. мест. ; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Somebody is knocking at the door. — Кто-то стучит в дверь. Syn: anybody , …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. — Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GRAFT — I 1. сущ. 1) а) привой ( то, что прививают ) Syn: scion б) прививка растения ( процесс ) 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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