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- Badger someone - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Anyway, checking Google Books shows that all the confirmed uses of badgering or badgered they come up with before 1800 (these were all in the 1790s) were British The word seems not to have changed in meaning since then
- Are the noun and verb forms of badger related etymologically?
The verb butterfly is a culinary term meaning to cut something open, so it (vaguely) resembles a butterfly, said of mostly shrimp and chicken breast It's the only example I have found of an animal name meaning "to make resemble the animal", unless you count spread-eagle
- meaning - What is the difference between wheedle, cajole and coax . . .
According to dictionary, the general meaning of these words (wheedle, cajole and coax) is : Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering But I am confused regarding the usage of
- What is an Idiom for badgering by asking if a person is well when no . . .
Continually asking an individual questions below when there is no reason to believe a person isn't okay with the purpose of picking on them Or to question sanity of an idea Are you feeling okay?
- meaning - What does dragged along mean here? - English Language . . .
I take it you understand the meaning of "dragged" well enough, and that you really are simply asking what "along" is doing there IMHO, the answer is "very little" But people often say "dragged along" where simply "dragged" has exactly the same meaning Also, per my comment to @simchona's perfectly accurate answer, it explicitly forces the "pulled away from existing position" meaning, rather
- A word for something you want to know only to regret knowing it once . . .
Meaning the only reason you want to know is curiosity, and once you're told you don't want to know it irks and eats at you until you have to know But once you're told you regret it instantly
- The origin of the long and the short of it - English Language Usage . . .
The long and the short of it refers to old weaponry used in wars The long refers to halberds on very long poles that men would brace into the ground They would then raise the points as armored men on horseback charged, unseating the enemy from their steeds Then, men with swords would wade into the fray and kill the downed enemy, "making short work" of them This was the long and the short
- meaning of on which - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I have searched in Google, dictionary and StackExchange and I couldn't understand I want to know what is the meaning of 'on which' We call one of those sets the training set, on which we learn
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