SET MY 'NANA DOWN

Meaning of SET MY 'NANA DOWN in English

A positive response to a request or a favor, implying that in order to fulfill the request or favor you must first put aside the banana you are eating. Example: Hey, Roy, can I borrow your leather chaps for tonight's ice cream social? Let me set my 'nana down.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

NANA — n (woman) dwarf
Interlingua English vocab
NANA — noun Etymology: probably of baby-talk origin Date: circa 1844 grandmother
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
NANA — I. ˈnanə, ˈnänə, ˈnȧnə noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably of baby-talk origin : a child's nurse or nursemaid II. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MY — I. Etymology: Middle English my, mi, min, from Old English mīn, suppletive gen. of ic I obsolete possessive of i …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SET — /set/ , v. , set, setting , n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NANA — /nan"euh/ , n. 1. Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma. 2. Gulf States. godmother. 3. Chiefly Southeastern U.S. a child's nursemaid; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NANA — n. grandmother, granny (US Slang); child's nursemaid, nanny (US Slang); silly person (British Slang); godmother (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SET — I. ˈset verb ( set ; set·ting ) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NANA — noun Etymology: probably of baby-talk origin Date: circa 1844 : grandmother
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
NANA — ~ 1 [ 'nα:nə ] ■ noun Brit. informal a silly person; a fool. Origin 1960s: perh. a shortening of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NANA — [nana] n [prob. of baby-talk origin] (ca. 1844): grandmother
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NANA — also called Nanay born 1800/15? died , ?1895 Chiricahua Apache Indian warrior who was one of the leaders in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
NANA — I . ( BrE also nanna ) / ˈnænə; NAmE / noun ( informal ) = nanny (2) II . …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — / set; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( set·ting , set , set ) PUT / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MY — I. my 1 S1 W1 /maɪ/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘I’] 1 . used by the person who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NANA — n. sl. a silly person; a fool. [perh. f. BANANA]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NANA — n. sl. a silly person; a fool. [ perh. f. BANANA ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1 of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
NANA — n. sl. a silly person; a fool. Etymology: perh. f. BANANA
Oxford English vocab
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1. of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
SET — I. NOUN USES /set/ ( sets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'My' is the first person singular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — (POSITION) [verb] [T usually + adverb or preposition] setting, past set - to put (something) in the stated place or …
Cambridge English vocab
NANA — nanna [noun] [C] - UK informal or US regional for grandmotherShe enjoys visiting her nana.Will you read me a story, …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NANA — Noun. 1. Abb. of banana.2. A fool or idiot. Jocular usage.
Slang English vocab
NANA — n. Function: noun Synonyms: NURSEMAID , ||amah, ||ayah, ||nanny, nurse, nurserymaid
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NANA — noun Synonyms: nursemaid , ||amah, ||ayah, ||nanny, nurse, nurserymaid
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NANA — anna
Anagrams English vocabulary
NANA — [Usenet] The newsgroups news.admin.net-abuse.*, devoted to fighting spam and network abuse. Each individual newsgroup is often referred to by adding …
Jargon File English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MY — мест.; притяж.; как прил. 1) мой, моя, мое, мои; принадлежащий мне (ср. mine) 2) используется в обращении, придает обращению ласковый, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NANA — NANA
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NANA — Nana
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
SET
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MY — my.ogg maı poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. mine) 1. мой, моя, моё, мои; принадлежащий мне; свой where is …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SET — 1) набор; комплект; группа; ряд; семейство; партия 2) совокупность; множество 3) установка; агрегат; аппарат 4) горн. оклад ( крепи ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SET — 1) набор; комплект; группа; ряд; семейство; партия 2) совокупность; множество 3) установка; агрегат; аппарат 4) горн. оклад (крепи) 5) батарея коксовых печей 6) установка; регулирование; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SET
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NANA — бабушка Abb. of banana. дура, дурак
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Slang English vocab

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