Oxford dictionary of current idiomatic English
| dc.contributor | Warwick, Susan |
| dc.contributor.author | Dictionaries, etc. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T09:54:59Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T09:54:59Z |
| dc.date.created | 1992 |
| dc.date.issued | 1992-02-07 |
| dc.identifier | ota:1511 |
| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/1511 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/1511 |
| dc.description.abstract | SGML style tagged version of text 288 part 1 |
| dc.format.extent | Text data D unspecified offline |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Core Collection |
| dc.rights | Not available for download. |
| dc.rights.uri | https://ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/xmlui/page/licence-ota |
| dc.rights.label | ACA |
| dc.title | Oxford dictionary of current idiomatic English |
| dc.type | Text |
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| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 3197828 |
| files.count | 2 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1900-1999 |
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<ENT><HWD>abide by</HWD> <GRAMCODE>[A2] <DEF>accept; act in accordance
with. <COLLINFO gram=S> <COLLS>contestants, parties, sides, members.
<COLLINFO gram=o> <COLLS>rules, regulations; decision, verdict <ILLUS>
<ITAL>The two men agreed to <BITAL>abide by <ITAL>the referee's
decision. <ILLUS>Unless they <BITAL>abide by <ITAL>the rules of the
club, they will have to leave.</ENT>
<ENT><HWD>abound in</HWD> <GRAMCODE>[A2 rel] <DEF>be full of. <COLLINFO
gram=S> <COLLS>place, institution, area of learning. <COLLINFO gram=o>
<COLLS>opportunities; difficulties, snags; examples (of) <ILLUS>
<ITAL>Modern industry <BITAL>abounds in <ITAL>opportunities for young
men with imagination. <ILLUS>This language <BITAL>aboundsin
<ITAL>difficulties for the foreign learner. <ILLUS>The countryside
<BITAL>abounds in <ITAL>wild life of every kind. <USAGE>occasionally
<CODE>abound with.</ENT>
<ENT><HWD>abscond (from)</HWD> <GRAMCODE>[A2 emph rel] <DEF>(formal) go
away (from), leave (unlawfully). <COLLINFO gra . . .
