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1. Definition: 1. at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"

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1. Definition: 1. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

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1. Definition: 1. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

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1. Definition: 1. take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager"

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1. Definition: 1. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;

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1. Definition: 1. leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"

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1. Definition: 1. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;

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1. Definition: 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

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1. Definition: 1. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred

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1. Definition: 1. accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of laying off an employee or a work force

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1. Definition: 1. a person from whom you are descended

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1. Definition: 1. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

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1. Definition: 1. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

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1. Definition: 1. cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

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1. Definition: 1. a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

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1. Definition: 1. Ceases

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1. Definition: 1. (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

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1. Definition: 1. release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

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