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bears away the bell

bears away the bell is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bear away the bell.

Meaning of bear away the bell

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)

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Bears away the bell is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bear away the bell.

Words near bears away the bell in the dictionary

  1. bears
  2. bears a grudge
  3. bears a hand
  4. bears against
  5. bears away
  6. bears away the bell
  7. bears date
  8. bears down
  9. bears down on
  10. bears fruit
  11. bears in

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