10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAP HOLD OF»
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1
Rajpal Dictionary
Of English Idioms & Phrases
The authorities clamped down on the agitating workers. Clap eyes on: To set
sight on * I have yet to clap my eyes on my old friend since we left school Clap
hold of: To seize roughly * The policeman is likely to clap hold of the thief and
take him ...
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American encyclopedic dictionary
To applaud in any way. To clap the head : To commend ; rather as implying the
idea of flattery. (Scotch.) To clap hold of : To seize hastily and violently. To clap
on : To place on or add hastily. " Clap on more sails.*' — Shakesp..- Merry Wives,
ii.
Robert Hunter, John Alfred Williams, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, 1897
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The imperial encyclopaedic dictionary: a new and exhaustive ...
To applaud in any way. To clap the head : To commend ; rather as implying tho
idea of flattery. (Scotch.) To clap hold of : To seize hastily and violently. To clap
on : To place on or add hastily. " Clap on more Bails."— Shakesp. .- Merry Wives,
ii.
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The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary ...
To clap hold of : To seize hastily and violently. To clap on: To place on or add
nastily. ** Clap on more sails."— Shakesp . : Merry Wives, 11. 2. To clap to : 1. Lit.
: [Clap (1), v., A. 1. 4.] *2. Fig.: To enter upon or approach anything with alacrity
and ...
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The American encyclopædic dictionary
To applaud in any way. To clap the head: To commend ; rather as implying the
idea of flattery. (Scotch.) To clap hold of : To seize hastily and violently. To ciap
on: To place on or add nastily. " Clap on more Bails." — Shakesp.: Merry Wives, ii
. 2.
S. J. Herrtage, John A. Williams, Robert Hunter, 1897
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The New American Encyclopedic Dictionary: An Exhaustive ...
To applaud in any way. To clap the head: To commend ; rathor as implying the
idea of flattery. (Scotch.) To clap hold of : To seize hastily and violently. To clap
on: To place on or add hastily. " Clap on more sails." — Shakesp.: Merry Wives,
11.
Edward Thomas Roe, Le Roy Hooker, Thomas W. Handford, 1907
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Universal Dictionary
of the English Language: A New and ...
(Scotch) To clap hold of : To seize hastily and violently. To clap on : To place on
or add hastily. “Clap on more sails."—8Mh|p. .- lorry Wine. ii. I. To clap to: 1. Lit. : [
CLAP(1), v., A. I. 4.] ' 2. F' . : To enter upon or approach anything wit alacrity and ...
Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, 1900
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
of the English Language
Clap trap pish. — Clap eyoa on, to see ; dap bands (.v-'.M.i1.), to make an
agreement ; Clap hold of, to seize roughly ; Clap Up (Skak.), to conclude
suddenly. [Ice. X-/.-T//I/, to pat ; Dut. and i klapt>en.\ Clap, klap, ». gonorrhea. [Cf.
Dut. klapoor.
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Sterling Dictionary
of Idioms
CLAP clap hold of something seize something suddenly Here, clap hold of this!
clap one in/into jail put one in prism quickly It 's time they arrested him and
clapped him into jail. CLAPPERS like the clappers very fast or hard Work like the
...
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: An Original Work
of Reference ...
2, Fig. : To applaud in any way. To clap the head: To commend; rather as
implying the idea of flattery. (Scolcln) To clap hold of: To seize hastily and
violently. To clap on : To place on or add hastily. “ Clap on more nails."-8hakap. : .
llorry Wim, ii.
