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spirit (away or off)

verb

Definition of spirit (away or off)next
as in to fasten (on)

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  1. mesh
  2. abduct
  3. kidnap
  4. enmesh
  5. entrap
  6. fist
Verb
  • The leadership and experience of the upperclassmen meshed perfectly with the newcomers.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The players didn’t mesh on the field, the front office was dysfunctional and the team’s most loyal fans had begun to boycott home games.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of mesh
Verb
  • Amber Alerts are specifically meant for children thought to have been abducted.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Kyiv's recruitment has grown so abysmal that entire towns are empty of men who fear venturing outside, lest they be abducted by pressgangs; every day brings new videos of Ukrainian men desperately fighting to avoid being sent to die.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of abduct
Verb
  • At age 10, the titular Mediha was kidnapped by ISIS militants and sold into slavery, a fate shared by thousands of Yazidi women and girls.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
  • And then, a troop of redcoats storms the house looking for Jamie, which forces him to pretend to kidnap Lord John at gunpoint.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of kidnap
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  • The modern ideological stakes of translation—as a fraught operation transposing the utterances of a person enmeshed in a unique cultural fabric—begin here.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The agency withdrew its tacit support in 2022 and is currently enmeshed in litigation with the project, which is a collaboration between the Victoria University of Wellington and the political tech and data provider Aristotle.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of enmesh
Verb
  • The husband and wife were unconscious and entrapped after the impact.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2024
  • With her heavy black bangs and penchant for dressing like a paper doll from the 1960s, the comedian is loud, indignant, and ready to entrap both spirits and audience members.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of entrap
Verb
  • Watch baseball, football, or any team sport: Players support each other and strengthen their bonds by interacting with each other in high fives, hands clasping or shaking, fists bumping, pats on the head or back—and even hugs.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
  • But hockey fights almost always involve mutual, bone-crushing blows, fists jackhammering from powerful shoulders, sometimes fracturing bones, tearing tissue and rattling brains.
    David Waldstein, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Definition of fist
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“Spirit (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirit%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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