SINK OR SWIM

Meaning of SINK OR SWIM in English

to be in a situation where you will either succeed by your own efforts or fail completely :

The new students were just left to sink or swim.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SINK OR SWIM — phrasal 1. : to drown unless one swims if he fall in, good night, or sink or swim — Shakespeare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SINK OR SWIM — all or nothing, bet it all, fail or succeed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SINK OR SWIM — fail or succeed by one's own efforts. → sink
Concise Oxford English vocab
SINK OR SWIM — see sink
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINK OR SWIM — see sink
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SINK OR SWIM — {v. phr.} To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you …
Slang English vocab
SINK OR SWIM — {v. phr.} To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you …
Словарь английских идиом
SINK OR SWIM — fail or succeed by your own efforts He will have to sink or swim when he begins his new job.
English Idioms vocab
SINK OR SWIM — v. phr. To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SINK OR SWIM — либо пан, либо пропал
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SINK OR SWIM — либо пан, либо пропал
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SINK OR SWIM — все или ничего; на карту поставлено все; либо выплывешь, либо потонешь; выбора нет; или пан, или пропал; или грудь в …
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
SINK OR SWIM — все или ничего; на карту поставлено все; либо выплывешь, либо потонешь; выбора нет; или пан, или пропал; или грудь в …
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
SINK OR SWIM! — Потону или выплыву! Ср. Либо пан, либо пропал. Эх, была не была!
Английские поговорки
SWIM — I. ˈswim verb ( swam ˈswam, -aa(ə)m ; also chiefly dialect swimmed ˈswimd ; or swum ˈswəm ; swum also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SINK — I. ˈsiŋk verb ( sank -aŋk, -aiŋk ; or sunk ; sunk -əŋk ; or sunk·en -kən ; sinking ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWIM — (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select …
Английский словарь Webster
SWIM — (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
Английский словарь Webster
SWIM — ( v. t. ) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWIM — — swimmable , adj. — swimmer , n. /swim/ , v. , swam, swum, swimming , n. v.i. 1. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SINK — — sinkable , adj. — sinklike , adj. /singk/ , v. , sank or, often, sunk; sunk or sunken; sinking; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWIM — I. ˈswim verb ( swam ˈswam ; swum ˈswəm ; swim·ming ) Etymology: Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SINK — I. ˈsiŋk verb ( sank ˈsaŋk ; or sunk ˈsəŋk ; sunk ; sink·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWIM — vi to be overflowed or drenched. 2. swim ·vi to be filled with swimming animals. 3. swim ·noun the sound, …
Webster English vocab
SINK — vt to conseal and appropriate. 2. sink ·noun a drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 3. sink ·vt …
Webster English vocab
SWIM — [swim] vb swam ; swum ; swim.ming [ME swimmen, fr. OE swimman; akin to OHG swimman to swim] vi (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SINK — [sink] vb sank or sunk ; sunk ; sink.ing [ME, fr. OE sincan; akin to OHG sinkan to sink] vi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWIM — / swɪm; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( swim·ming , swam / swæm; NAmE / swum / swʌm; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINK — / sɪŋk; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( sank / sæŋk; NAmE / sunk / sʌŋk; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWIM — I. swim 1 S3 /swɪm/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense swam /swæm/, past participle swum /swʌm/, present participle swimming …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SINK — I. sink 1 W3 /sɪŋk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense sank /sæŋk/ or sunk /sʌŋk/ American English , past …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWIM — v. & n. --v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1 intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SINK — v. & n. --v. (past sank or sunk; past part. sunk or sunken) 1 intr. fall or come slowly downwards. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWIM — v. & n. v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1 intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SINK — v. & n. v. (past sank or sunk; past part. sunk or sunken) 1 intr. fall or come slowly downwards. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWIM — v. & n. --v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1. intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Oxford English vocab
SINK — v. & n. --v. (past sank or sunk; past part. sunk or sunken) 1. intr. fall or come slowly downwards. …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
SWIM — ( swims, swimming, swam, swum) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINK — ( sinks, sinking, sank, sunk) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWIM — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a driving/swimming etc lesson ▪ Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SINK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boat sinks ▪ The boat sank in a storm. be sunk in gloom …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWIM — (SEEM TO MOVE) [verb] [I] swimming, [past simple] swam, [past participle] swum - (of an object) to seem to move …
Cambridge English vocab
SINK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWIM — See: IN THE SWIM, SINK OR SWIM.
Slang English vocab
SINK — I. verb 1. to become submerged the overloaded raft sank below the surface Synonyms: founder, go down, go under, submerge, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWIM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ evening , morning , regular ▪ long , quick ▪ How about a quick ~ before …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SINK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bathroom ( esp. AmE ), kitchen ▪ blocked ( esp. BrE ), clogged ( AmE ) …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SINK — n. 25B6; verb the coffin sank below the waves : BECOME SUBMERGED, be engulfed, go down, drop, fall, descend. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SINK
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SWIM — See: IN THE SWIM, SINK OR SWIM.
Словарь английских идиом
SWIM — Slow, graceful, undesired movements of display elements, groups, or images about their mean position on a display surface, such as …
Telecommunication Standard Terms English vocab
SWIM — 1. сущ. 1) плавание, купание to have/take a swim ≈ поплавать 2) скольжение, плавное движение 3) (the swim) течение (событий, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SINK — 1. сущ. 1) сооружение для стока воды а) раковина б) сточная труба Syn : sewer II 1. в) выгребная яма, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWIM — swim.ogg 1. swım n 1. 1> плавание to go for a swim - пойти поплавать to have /to take/ a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SINK — sink.ogg 1. sıŋk n 1. раковина ( водопровода ) kitchen sink - кухонная раковина /мойка/ 2. 1> слив; сточный колодец; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OR — or.ogg _I ɔ: n геральд. цвет золота _II ɔ:,ə cj 1. связывает два или несколько предложений или однородных членов предложения, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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