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lift
verb- to steal UK, 1526
- He could lift a hubcap quicker and more quietly than anyone[.] — S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, p. 11, 1967
- “Well, I don’t think she lifted it off him,” Raymond said. — Elmore Leonard, City Primeval, p. 160, 1980
- I’ve never lifted anything in my life. Even if I was cold and hungry I’d never steal. — Karline Smith, Letters to Andy Cole, p. 141, 1998
- Yeah, so after he threw me out and went to supper, I was just roaming the house looking for liftable objects, if that was gonna be his attitude. — Kenneth Lonergan, This is Our Youth, p. 14, 2000
- to arrest UK
- — Christopher Hawke, For Campaign Service, 1979
- [A]nother [police car], coming from the other direction, cut in front of us and we were lifted. — Lenny McLean, The Guv’nor, p. 22, 1998
- to work out with weights US, 1990
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 6, November 1990
- to transfer matter from one periodical to another UK, 1891
Used by journalists and printers. - The script was lifted straight from the book[.] — The Guardian, 3 February 2001
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