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pinch something out — ˌpinch sthˈoff/ˈout derived to remove sth by pressing your fingers together and pulling • Pinch off the dead flowers. Main entry: ↑pinchderived … Useful english dictionary
pinch — /pɪntʃ / (say pinch) verb (t) 1. to compress between the finger and thumb, the jaws of an instrument, or any two opposed surfaces. 2. to compress, constrict, or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. 3. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters …
pinch — pinchable, adj. /pinch/, v.t. 1. to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like. 2. to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. 3. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters: The … Universalium
Pinch Me — Infobox Single | Name = Pinch Me Artist = Barenaked Ladies from Album = Maroon Released = October 31, 2000 Format = CD, 7 , 12 Recorded = 2000 Genre = Alternative rock Length = 4:45 (album) 3:49 (radio edit) Label = Reprise Records Writer =… … Wikipedia
pinch — 1. n. a small amount of a powdered substance, such as salt, snuff, a spice, etc. (Not slang.) □ He put a pinch under his lips and walked up to home plate. □ Do you have any oregano? I need a pinch. 2. tv. to arrest someone. □ The cops pinched her … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
make off — verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑run off, ↑go off … Useful english dictionary
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me — infobox Book | name = Adam and Eve and Pinch Me title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Ruth Rendell cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Crime novel publisher = Hutchinson… … Wikipedia
make off with — TAKE, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, run away/off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away/off with, swipe, filch, snaffle, nab, lift, ‘liberate’, ‘borrow’, snitch; Brit. informal pinch, half inch, nick, whip, knock off; … Useful english dictionary
Jack-at-a-pinch — Jack Jack (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. {Jacobite}, {Jockey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rip off — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. Slang. To take (another s property) without permission: filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve. Informal: lift, swipe. Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip1, pinch, snitch. Idiom: make (or walk) off with. See… … English dictionary for students
