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  • 61sit tight — Australian Slang 1. take no action; bide one s time: I ll sit tight till I know what the decision is ; 2. stay exactly where one is: Sit tight while I get some help …

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  • 62temporize — or temporise verb avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time. Derivatives temporization noun temporizer noun Origin C16: from Fr. temporiser bide one s time …

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  • 63temporize — (also temporise) ► VERB ▪ act in an evasive or delaying way to gain time before committing oneself. ORIGIN French temporiser bide one s time …

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  • 64lie low — phrasal 1. to lie prostrate, defeated, or disgraced 2. to stay in hiding ; strive to avoid notice 3. to bide one s time ; remain secretly ready for action …

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  • 65Detraction — The dictionary definition of detraction is discrediting or detracting from someone s reputation (especially by slander) . Catholic usage In Roman Catholic theology detraction is the sin of revealing previously unknown faults or sins of another… …

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  • 66wait — I. v. n. 1. Stay, tarry, delay, remain, linger, bide one s time. 2. Watch, look, be expectant. II. v. a. Await, abide, stay for, wait for, look for. III. n. Ambush …

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  • 67linger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. delay, dally, loiter, dawdle, poke; remain, persist. See lateness, durability, slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To go reluctantly] Syn. tarry, stay, wait, saunter, lag, trail, hesitate, delay, plod …

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  • 68tarry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. linger, stay, wait; idle, dawdle; visit (with); bide a while, sojourn; delay, dally. See lateness, durability. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. delay, dawdle, dally, wait; see linger 1 , loiter . See… …

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  • 69Stuart McCall — Football player infobox playername = Stuart McCall fullname = Andrew Stuart Murray McCall height = height|ft=5|in=7 dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|6|10|df=y cityofbirth = Leeds countryofbirth = England currentclub = Bradford City (Manager) …

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  • 70Cover — Reprise Pour les articles homonymes, voir Reprise (homonymie). Une reprise est un morceau existant et qu’un autre interprète que son créateur rejoue, de façon similaire ou différente. Pour la musique classique, on parle d’interprétation et non… …

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