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Significados de cat's-paw em inglês

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A person used by another to gain an end.

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Sinônimos
Examples for "instrument"
Examples for "instrument"
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They used the law as an instrument of change to better society.
The Irish Times
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For each instrument, a new set of questions needs to be asked.
Wired
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Unfortunately, neither instrument found any evidence of a planet-wide subsurface water system.
The Guardian
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That leaves interest rates as the main instrument for helping the economy.
Reuters
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Objectives: To develop a mechanical syringe procedure for identification of instrument problems.
Pubmed
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He also took issue with Derek being used as a political pawn.
Radio NZ
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In addition, a pawn transaction takes a matter of minutes, he noted.
Reuters
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Don't try to pawn us off on the New England Patriots, either.
Ebony
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Passing a line of broken prams, great for transport to the pawn.
The ginger man
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Hence, the solution can never be the 'pawn' known as estimated bill.
Jamaica Observer
Uso de cat's-paw em inglês
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I think him more likely to be a cat's-paw than a felon.
Foul Play
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You'll use me as a cat's-paw to pull down this inconvenient duke.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
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He had made a cat's-paw of her, that's what he had done!
Kindred of the Dust
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The British had used Belgium as a cat's-paw; then they had deserted her.
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
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I knew that I had been cat's-paw in some game of high stakes.
The Powers and Maxine
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He was not the man to be made a cat's-paw of.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 06 (of 15), French
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It was perfectly still, a warm summer night without a cat's-paw of breeze.
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
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I have not ever heard she gave a thought to me, her cat's-paw.
Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship
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Brad had no intention of being a cat's-paw for him.
Man-Size
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She was not going to be made a cat's-paw of.
The Enchanted April
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But Pet was too sharp to play cat's-paw for nothing.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
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His way is generally using someone else for a cat's-paw.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success; Or, The Young Express Agent
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The cat's-paw theory offered no safer clue, than the frank, old-fashioned, honest theory of villainy.
The Education of Henry Adams
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Well, rather that than be your cat's-paw longer, Mr.
The House of Whispers
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And you did me the honor to select me as cat's-paw to bring him on again.
A Simpleton
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You've made me the cat's-paw for you, Dresden.
Blood rites
Translations for cat's-paw
português
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