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borne away the bell

borne away the bell is the past participle 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 borne away the bell

What is borne away the bell the past participle of?
Borne away the bell is the past participle of bear away the bell.

Words near borne away the bell in the dictionary

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

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