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n.
1) to drop, give a ~
2) to take a ~
3) a broad, obvious; delicate, gentle, subtle ~
4) the merest ~
5) a ~ about, of (a ~ about the answer; a ~ of suspicion)
6) a ~ that + clause (she dropped a ~ that she would retire soon)
7) at a ~ (they fled at the first ~ of trouble)
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v.
1) (d. intr. ) to ~ at
2) ( L ; to) he ~ ed (to us) that an agreement had been reached