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  • 81press — prẹss 〈Adj.; Sp.; bes. Basketball〉 nah, dicht, eng ● einen Gegner press decken [→ pressen] * * * prẹss <Adv.> (Ballspiele): eng, nah: jmdn. p. decken. * * * prẹss <Adv.> (Ballspiele): eng, nah: jmdn. p. decken …

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  • 82press on — Synonyms and related words: advance, bundle, bustle, chase, continue, crowd, dash, dash off, dash on, double time, drive, drive on, elapse, endure, expire, festinate, flit, flow, flow on, fly, forge ahead, get going, get moving, glide, go ahead,… …

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  • 83press — f ( e/ a) press (for clothes) …

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  • 84press — I Everyday English Slang in Ireland n cupboard II Irish Slang closet, cupboard III South African Slang sex , as in: I want to press my young one tonight (KZN) …

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  • 85press — • möda, belastning, påfrestning, slit, besvär, press …

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  • 86press —    obsolete    to kidnap for service in the navy    By a press gang, which seized men in public places:     His negro servant, Francis Barber, having left him, and been some time at sea, not pressed as has been supposed, but with his own consent …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 87press v — impress v, pressed adj, be for time, press conference, depress v …

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  • 88press — I. v. a. 1. Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush. 2. Squeeze out, express. 3. Make smooth, smooth, flatten. 4. Embrace closely, hug, clasp. 5. Constrain, compel, force. 6. Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate. 7. Straiten, distress …

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  • 89press on — the team regrouped and pressed on Syn: proceed, keep going, continue, carry on, make progress, make headway, press ahead, forge on/ahead, soldier on, push on, keep on, struggle on, persevere, keep at it, stay with it, stick with it, plod on, plug …

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  • 90ˌpress ˈon — phrasal verb same as press ahead …

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