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bore away the bell

bore away the bell is the simple past 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)

Questions about bore away the bell

What is bore away the bell the simple past of?
Bore away the bell is the simple past of bear away the bell.

Words near bore away the bell in the dictionary

  1. bore
  2. bore a grudge
  3. bore a hand
  4. bore against
  5. bore away
  6. bore away the bell
  7. bore date
  8. bore down
  9. bore down on
  10. bore draw
  11. bore draws

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