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| The two sets of supporters clashed outside the stadium. The two teams clash in tomorrow's final. Demonstrators clashed violently with police. They often clash violently with rival gangs. | /klæʃ/ clash (with somebody) to come together and fight or compete in a contest |
| The leaders and members clashed on the issue. The leaders clashed with party members on the issue. | clash (with somebody) (over/on something)= to argue or disagree seriously with somebody about something, and to show this in public |
| His left-wing views clashed with his father's politics. His views and his father's clashed. They have clashing personalities. The clash between the two parties over economic affairs led to the eventual breakdown of the coalition. He clashed with his father over politics. Jessica's conservative southern sensibilities clash with the Boyer's limousine liberal lifestyle. | clash (with something) (of beliefs, ideas or personalities) = to be very different and opposed to each other |
| Unfortunately your party clashes with a wedding I'm going to. There are two good movies on TV tonight, but they clash. | clash (with something) (of events) = to happen at the same time so that you cannot go to or see them both |
| The wallpaper clashes with the carpet. The wallpaper and the carpet clash. Do you think these colors clash? | clash (with something) (of colors, patterns or styles)= to look ugly when put together |
| clash (together) The long blades clashed together. clash something (together) She clashed the cymbals. They dance to the loud music of pounding drums and crashing cymbals | to hit together and make a loud ringing noise; to make two metal objects do this |
| I was terrified that the plane would crash. We're going to crash, aren't we? crash into something: A truck went out of control and crashed into the back of a bus. crash something (into something): He crashed his car into a wall. | /kræʃ/ [intransitive, transitive] if a vehicle crashes or the driver crashes it, it hits an object or another vehicle, causing damage |
| + adv./prep. A brick crashed through the window. With a sweep of his hand he sent the glasses crashing to the floor. + adj. The door crashed open. crash something + adj. She stormed out of the room and crashed the door shut behind her. | [intransitive, transitive] to hit something hard while moving, causing noise and/or damage; to make something hit somebody/something in this way |
| Share prices crashed to an all-time low yesterday. The company crashed with debts of £50 million. We were badly affected when the stock market crashed in October 1987. | [intransitive] (of prices, a business, shares, etc.) = to lose value or fail suddenly and quickly |
| Files can be lost if the system suddenly crashes. | [intransitive, transitive] crash (something) = if a computer crashes or you crash a computer, it stops working suddenly |
| Detectives also now believe the men had first attended an earlier party nearby and intended to gatecrash the function in the scout hut. You can gatecrash other actors' parties over here, which you'd never do in London. | /ˈɡeɪtkræʃ/ (also informal crash) [transitive, intransitive] gatecrash (something) = to go to a party or social event without being invited |
| I was so tired I crashed out on the sofa. I've come to crash on your floor for a couple of nights. Can I crash at your place tonight? They crashed on my floor for a couple of nights. | [intransitive] crash (out) (informal)= to fall asleep; to sleep somewhere you do not usually sleep |
| The car was completely crushed under the truck. They crush the olives with a heavy wooden press. Several people were crushed to death in the accident. She was crushed between two cars. | /krʌʃ/= somebody/something to press or squeeze something so hard that it is damaged or injured, or loses its shape |
| Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell. She was crushed between two cars. | [transitive] crush somebody/something + adv./prep. = to push or press somebody/something into a small space |
| Add two cloves of crushed garlic. Crush the garlic finely before adding. Crush the biscuits finely before adding them to the mixture. | [transitive] crush something = to break something into small pieces or into a powder by pressing hard |
| The army was sent in to crush the rebellion. The government succeeded in crushing the military rising. Attempts to crush serious popular unrest led to civil war. | [transitive] crush somebody = to use violent methods to defeat people who are opposing you synonym = put down, quash |
| She felt completely crushed by the teacher's criticism. Their new self-confidence could not be crushed. He always has this fantastic energy. Nothing can crush him. | crush somebody= to destroy somebody’s confidence or happiness |
| teen girls who crush on cute young guys He's awesome, so it wasn't surprising that other girls were crushing on hi | crush on somebody (especially North American English, informal) = to have very strong feelings for somebody. |
| a big crush in the theatre bar I couldn't find a way through the crush. 66 fans died in the crush on the steps of the stadium. | /krʌʃ/ noun [countable, usually singular]= a crowd of people pressed close together in a small space |
| It’s only a schoolgirl crush, it’ll pass. I had a huge crush on her. | [countable] crush (on somebody)= a strong feeling of love, that usually does not last very long, that a young person has for somebody older |
| First I was hired to do marketing, but then, I just kind of weaseled my way into on-air stuff and luckily it's worked out. She weaseled (herself) into the position of manager. He managed to weasel his way into the restaurant even though he didn't have a reservation. | /ˈwiːzl/ chiefly US, informal + usually disapproving = to get into (a place or situation) by being dishonest, by persuading someone in a clever way, etc. |
| He's now trying to weasel out of our agreement. He weaseled his way out of helping me with the yard work. | weasel out of (something) (informal, disapproving, especially North American English) to avoid doing something that you ought to do or have promised to do |
| Several years ago, David Letterman talked about how he felt like he was a failure which really struck a nerve with me because he was very famous and still he felt not satisfied with his accomplishments. Something she said to him must have hit/struck/touched a nerve. I've never seen him so angry. His controversial column might have hit a (raw/sensitive) nerve with some readers.. | hit/strike/touch a nerve = to make someone feel angry, upset, embarrassed, etc. |
| I realized that I'm the same way in that I'm never gonna be satisfied and there's obviously a huge downside to that because I beat up on myself and i'm critical of my myself. the downside of fame On the downside, such improvements in efficiency often mean job losses. The downside of all this success is that I don’t get to spend much time with my family. This is good news for farmers, but I do see a downside. | ˈdaʊnsaɪd/ the disadvantages or less positive aspects of something |
| ...but I think the upside of that is that you're always striving for more, you always want to accomplish more... One upside to the new house is its location. a young star with lots of upside The only upside that I could see to the situation was that since I couldn't go home for the holiday, I could spend it with Rob. | /ˈʌpsaɪd/ the more positive aspect of a situation that is generally bad PROMISE, POTENTIAL |
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