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Meanings of thumb in anglès
portuguès
pedir carona català
fer autostop To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road.
Sinònims
Examples for "hitch"
Examples for "hitch"
1
How'd it go today? He hoped it had gone without a hitch.
2
Without a hitch, the pair announced the winner: The Shape of Water.
3
The second went just as smoothly, and the third without a hitch.
4
Everybody knew his job well, and everything went forward without a hitch.
5
As it happened, our eight-day mission didn't come off without a hitch.
1
On my days off, I used to hitchhike all over New England.
2
However, the hitchhike back to San Fabian was less of a success.
3
Picked him up trying to hitchhike on the on-ramp to Route 10.
4
How are we going to get there-orwere we planning to hitchhike?
5
A thumb that could hitchhike, twirl spaghetti, play trumpet, write a sonnet.
1
At a price, it can hitch a ride on another country's rocket.
2
She's trying to hitch a ride home in the dead of night.
3
I just didn't feel muchlike walking or trying to hitch a ride.
4
We can hike out on it or maybe even hitch a ride.
5
And I guess I'll hitch a ride to San Francisco from there.
1
They won't leave a king on the side of a highway trying to thumb a lift to the FNB Stadium.
2
Some hours later he was seen again thumbing a lift at Killenena, Gort
3
Or thumbing a lift.
4
Reuben Jones left his home in Moynoe, Scarriff at 2pm yesterday and was seen thumbing a lift on the Scarrif-to-Feakle Road.
1
I'll thumb a ride to town with you, if I may.
2
He seldom attempted to thumb a ride.
3
He could simply check out of the inn, walk up to the main highway, and thumb a ride north.
4
He tried thumbing a ride from a couple in a pickup, but no luck.
5
" Thumbed a ride on the Heart of Gold." I spoke without thinking.
A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
Usage of thumb in anglès
1
Different this time: left thumb to right toe, right thumb to left.
2
Likewise, the left thumb shall be bound to the right great toe.
3
I think the rule of thumb is to wait for 10 years.
4
The rule of thumb is to board 30 minutes prior to departure.
5
Keep the thumb erect; raise the first finger of the left hand.
6
Initially, the health minister threw out a thumb-suck figure of R259 billion.
7
A thumb injury was the basis of her initial troubles last year.
8
Now look with just your right eye - the thumb moved, right?
9
Lumley left his thumb-prints in the putty he stuck in his window-sash.
10
FICO's scoring technology has no doubt improved upon handcrafted rules of thumb.
11
Listen. And he jerked his thumb in the direction of the wainscot.
12
Your right thumb points in the direction of the angular velocity vector.
13
Cocked his thumb in a way that suggested need, but not desperation.
14
Then the cure steeped the thumb of St. Sergius in beef broth.
15
She jerked with a dirty thumb in the direction of the kitchen.
16
He jerked a dirty thumb in the direction of the chief clerk.
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Translations for thumb
espanyol
Thumb through the time
Thumb across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
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