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Meanings of skirt (skirts) in English
Synonyms
Examples for "hedge"
Examples for "hedge"
1
Such financial products offer ways for investors to hedge risk, he said.
2
Market players said selling by hedge funds also weighed on the market.
3
The new hedge fund will be based in London, the paper said.
4
As a result, they are often bellwethers for hedge fund industry performance.
5
These figures also include the value of instruments used to hedge risk.
1
Boissière is on home territory: the south-west of France is duck country.
2
So I am happy that someone has the good sense to duck.
3
Kashyap was able to duck under his food cart just in time.
4
Enda made light work of his duck paté with port wine sauce.
5
One of the surgeons in white duck touched her on the arm.
1
Of course, there was no way for them to dodge the rain.
2
The men in the place were obliged to dodge the flying sticks.
3
You can try to dodge the thing, but good luck with that.
4
And they wouldn't be able to just dodge onto some uninhabited island.
5
I was able to dodge its impact by ducking behind the breakwater.
1
Blaine, his rifle at high port, just managed to parry the thrust.
2
He did well to parry Byrne's powerful drive in the 26th minute.
3
He put up his left hand to parry the blow, but feebly.
4
She could parry no longer and must thrust if she would survive.
5
How can I, in the dark, parry a blow from the dark?
1
However, the suspects in the case managed to evade arrest, Koena said.
2
But of course, there's still a good chance Maxwell will evade punishment.
3
I know how to evade security -I am good to deliver.
4
They evade paying tax for being brought as imports into our economy.
5
On this occasion, it has proved harder for Shell to evade responsibility.
1
The wonder comes in the manner in which they elude the police.
2
However, feeling ready is what may elude you more until next week.
3
He can elude you; and will be acquitted by the general verdict.
4
That's actually a very simple answer, one that seems to elude many.
5
A home winner continues to elude the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
1
It's a classical political fudge, but important and welcome for all that.
2
A political fudge that ducks science is the likeliest outcome at Copenhagen.
3
Without an improvement, the pressure to fudge the numbers will only increase.
4
John asked for the Any Given Sundae with Cadbury's fingers of fudge.
5
Leonora Fenton-and sardines and toasted muffins and salad and fudge and coffee.
1
As a result, they increasingly circumvent global institutions by creating bilateral arrangements.
2
Reproductive technologies are often described as means to circumvent the body's biology.
3
He was very proud of his ability to circumvent a new law.
4
OUTA are furious that Christians helped the Gupta family circumvent immigration laws.
5
It might even encourage the use of methods to circumvent such rules.
1
Bragg hopes fast food restaurants won't try to sidestep any new policies.
2
He thought she would sidestep the question, but she met his gaze.
3
The state-backed company opted to sidestep a vote and cap related-party deals.
4
They should be glad of the chance to sidestep the trade tax.
5
The sidestep had taken me out of the way of the blast.
1
That way I put off going home until the last possible moment.
2
Lack of control could put off some possible bidders, the people said.
3
National elections can often dampen demand as buyers put off major purchases.
4
Torches flashed in the boats that put off in the terrible search.
5
However, Indians are currently put off by the 500 gram minimum requirement.
Usage of skirts in English
1
Every news cycle tells the other story: women's short skirts distract men.
2
Unuttered, it caught the skirts of the Idea: it evaporated when spoken.
3
Crying children clung to their mothers' skirts, but no one looked defiant.
4
They seemed caricatures of humanity; scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts.
5
Their short skirts, risqué dance moves and showbiz make-up are political enough.
6
Sorcha stepped forward so the edge of her skirts touched the water.
7
We covered our hides in those days; no tight skirts like now.
8
It appears there's more money in homebrand cereals than Forever 21's skirts.
9
You can be stuck in an area that skirts several fan-base boundaries.
10
Presently a lamp was lit; and Duane heard the swish of skirts.
11
Here and there the road skirts the deeply-ravined valley of the Medjerda.
12
The waist belt enforces the evils which the corset and skirts inaugurate.
13
The girl gathered up her white skirts and her flowers in haste.
14
The sound of it was like the soft drawing of silken skirts.
15
Now, her skirts flared behind her as she ran to her house.
16
There was suddenly the murmur of voices and the trailing of skirts.
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Australia
Common
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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