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bend
verb- to deliberately slur or distort a musical note US
- — Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, p. 31, 1960
- to fraudulently affect the outcome of a sporting event; to bribe or by other means corrupt authority UK, 1864
- — John Ayto, The Oxford Dictionary of Slang, 1998
- to take part in a gang fight US
- — Kenn “Naz” Young, Naz’s Dictionary of Teen Slang, p. 7, 1993
▶ bend the elbow
to enjoy a few drinks NEW ZEALAND- — Harry Orsman and Des Hurley, The Beaut Little Book of New Zealand Slang, 1994
▶ bend the iron; bend the rust; bend the rail
to change the position of a railway point US- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 259, 1946
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