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Meanings of grind down in English
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tiranitzar Usage of grind down in English
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.
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