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Meanings of rob in English
Synonyms
Examples for "hook"
Examples for "hook"
1
As a result, he allowed the private sector off the financial hook.
2
The longer it takes systems to hook up, the slower manufacturers' sales.
3
Thought I'd ask, she says, letting me off the hook too easy.
4
Never mind: any moment now she would let him off the hook.
5
Does it merely facilitate quick and easy hook-ups or actually encourage them?
1
For food, they need merely pluck bananas and mangoes from the trees.
2
He showed any amount of pluck in the affair with the Indians.
3
He approached the Bush, and stooped to pluck one of the Roses.
4
The women like prowess and the manly virtues of pluck and endurance.
5
Three times now I've stepped in to pluck her out of danger.
1
We wake in the early morning and soak the floor with water.
2
Crush the toast in your hands, and soak it in the milk.
3
Let the shrimp soak for 30 minutes, then drain and coarsely chop.
4
The Gold Coast is a good option to soak up some sunshine.
5
Time for a long soak in the bath, then change for dinner.
1
However, there is still debate about whether the inferred plume actually exists.
2
The breeze catches the plume in his hat and flutters it smartly.
3
In the distance, a plume of dust was billowing off the road.
4
The Captain had a sword and a white plume in his shako.
5
From somewhere in the city a black plume of smoke was rising.
1
So are fuel companies taking advantage of global events to fleece motorists?
2
This process consists in sorting and classifying the fibers of the fleece.
3
A competition will be held to guess the weight of her fleece.
4
He killed the sheep and gave the golden fleece to the king.
5
We work as a pair at best, and have just a fleece.
1
The surcharge for the discounted categories is £150 per year, per applicant.
2
The government's proposed surcharge on streaming platforms is subject to parliamentary approval.
3
Drivers will not be permitted to add a surcharge for card payments.
4
But CSX itself is indifferent because it runs a fuel surcharge programme.
5
Oh, I added a ten percent surcharge for the canceled credit card.
1
You have encouraged him, in every way you know how to overcharge.
2
Don't cheapen the product; don't cheapen the wage; don't overcharge the public.
3
An' if you've bin gifted with compassion, cabby, don't overcharge your fare.
4
A ten-cent overcharge, but now was not the time to count her change.
5
And when I fatuously agreed to this overcharge it merely increased her contempt.
1
Stoke are looking to gazump Villa for Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.
2
Manchester City are currently the favourites so United would love to gazump their neighbours.
3
It would appear the Liberals are attempting to gazump the states and Labor in particular.
4
Werder Bremen, meanwhile, are set to gazump Hull in their latest attempt to buy a player.
5
So while Liverpool didn't so much gazump their rivals, the last minute U-turn made huge waves.
Usage of rob in English
1
You never rob from the working class area you're from; no way.
2
They said Beasley wanted to rob his victims and steal their identities.
3
This can rob the use of a number elsewhere on the ground.
4
Their intention probably was to rob and leave him in the desert.
5
I'd be happy to let him know you tried to rob us.
6
All tell that the Cossacks were the first to rob the prisoners.
7
I'm not going to let somebody else rob me of that moment.
8
I never wished to rob him of the honour of the discovery.
9
All the high-spirited boys in books rob orchards, and become great men.
10
While life was in him no one should rob him of it.
11
Say someone approaches me, a man looking to attack or rob me.
12
We were going out on the road in a few days-torob.
13
You need good eyes wherever you are, or they'll rob you blind.
14
Thought to rob me of the pleasure of taking a full hand?
15
Here's one quick way to rob a bank, over and over again.
16
They tried to rob me and make their getaway in this boat.
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Rob through the time
Rob across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common