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bear away the bell

bear away the bell verb: to be superior in something.

Verb

bear away the bell (third-person singular simple present bears away the bell, present participle bearing away the bell, simple past bore away the bell, past participle borne away the bell)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To be superior in something.
    • And as these western men do bear away the bell for might and sleight in wrestling , so the scholars here have always acquitted themselves with credit in palæstrâ literariâ1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of bear away the bell

third-person singular presentbears away the bell
present participlebearing away the bell
pastbore away the bell
past participleborne away the bell

Origin of bear away the bell

A bell was once a traditional prize in races.

Questions about bear away the bell

What does bear away the bell mean?
Bear away the bell means to be superior in something.
What part of speech is bear away the bell?
Bear away the bell is a verb.
What is the past tense of bear away the bell?
The past tense of bear away the bell is bore away the bell.

Words near bear away the bell in the dictionary

  1. bear a grudge
  2. bear a hand
  3. bear against
  4. bear animalcule
  5. bear away
  6. bear away the bell
  7. bear bag
  8. bear bait
  9. bear baiting
  10. bear baitings
  11. bear baits

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