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Meanings of
grind down
in anglès
portuguès
tiranizar
català
tiranitzar
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Rule a country as a tyrant.
tyrannize
tyrannise
català
tiranitzar
Synonyms
Examples for "
tyrannize
"
tyrannize
tyrannise
Examples for "
tyrannize
"
1
They at present
tyrannize
over the whole country from Edlip to Hamah.
2
They
tyrannize
over them, and their tyranny spreads even to the Gentiles.
3
Her uncle had to
tyrannize
over her, to save the whole thing.
4
How the Incas began to
tyrannize
over the lands and inheritances
5
To
tyrannize
for the country is to
tyrannize
over the country.
1
And, above all, no animal must ever
tyrannise
over his own kind.
2
But it was no part of Mackenzie's plan to
tyrannise
over men.
3
The minister of truth does not
tyrannise
over my reason, he enlightens it.
4
She liked those best whom she could most easily
tyrannise
over.
5
None should
tyrannise
over, nor should suffer tyranny from, the other.
Usage of
grind down
in anglès
1
The extra fees will
grind
down
the investors' returns over time, Silver said.
2
Leinster
grind
down
their poorer relations and move up the Pro 12 table.
3
We're comfortable-andindependent, even though the rich
grind
down
the poor.
4
The question is not: How shall I
grind
down
price to the lowest?
5
Does it not break and
grind
down
to powder the ramparts of coral?
6
If Mr. Parasyte wants to
grind
down
one, he must
grind
down
the whole.
7
In these Big Brother shows, they always deteriorate spectacularly as the weeks
grind
down
.
8
There seems a determination to
grind
down
Finland to a level with Russia in general.
9
German employers will never be able to
grind
down
their workmen as before the war.
10
And
grind
down
men's bones to a pale unanimity.
11
All it does is
grind
down
the meaning of life a piece at a time.
12
He couldn't very well expect her to abstain if he was playing bump-and-
grind
down
the hall.
13
As a tooth ages, its cusps
grind
down
.
14
To profit from Virginia they
grind
down
Virginia.
15
How she would
grind
down
her heel when she got it on the neck of New York!
16
Most of all, Mirren suggests how running such a sleazy business can
grind
down
anyone's humanity and happiness.
Other examples for "grind down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
grind
down
grind
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
grind down
portuguès
tiranizar
català
tiranitzar
Grind down
through the time
Grind down
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common