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Meanings of dam the flood in English

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Usage of dam the flood in English
1
Mr. Scobell sawed the air with his arms, but was powerless to dam the flood.
The Prince and Betty
2
The Belgian troops have so far had to dam the flood of Germans with little or no help from the allies.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
3
And I want to be beforehand now- damthe flood before it swamps me.
Tales of Men and Ghosts
4
Again and again they had hurled back the English and Americans, and year after year they had dammed the flood.
The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis
5
"To wait," said Pierre, "and dam the flood as it comes.
A Romany of the Snows, Complete / Being a Continuation of the Pe...
6
That development is temporal, is, dramatically, only a device for damming the flood that it may break at last with greater force.
The Psychology of Beauty
7
As the next division came on to the bridge-upit went-men ,horses ,gunsdammed the flood, and the cavalry literally crossed on their own dead.
A Hilltop on the Marne / Being Letters Written June 3-September ...
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