| 单词 | send to grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto send to grass ΚΠ 1622 J. Taylor Common Whore sig. B3 Wiues might vnable husbands turne to grasse. 1786 H. Mackenzie Lounger No. 78. ⁋6 Our three boys..were sent to an academy in Yorkshire, to grass, as my husband phrased it. 1801 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1802) 5 361 Then no longer let mortals repine, If to grass sent from Oxon or Granta. 1892 London Jrnl. 24 Sept. 194/1 If ever the doctors send you to grass, turn you out to vegetate, not live, by all means come here. to send to (the) grass b. Boxing. colloquial (chiefly U.S.) to send to (the) grass: to knock down; also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > knock down > specifically a person or animal fellOE to strike down1470 quell1535 to run down1587 to trip (also turn, tumble, kick, etc.) up a person's heels1587 to strike up the heels of1602 level1770 silence1785 grass1814 send1822 to send to grass1845 beef1926 deck1953 1845 Era 12 Jan. Jones..dealt out some terrific right-handed blows on his opponent's nut, whom he sent to grass with one from his left on the conk. 1894 Nation (N.Y.) 18 Jan. 39/3 Several of the McKinleyites were sent to grass in the course of the debate. 1901 Times 19 July 4/6 ‘Billy Smith’, thus sent to grass, died of injuries to the brain in Charing-cross Hospital on April. 24. 1935 Montana Standard 24 Nov. (Sports section) 17/2 McDonald was floored..by a hard right to the jaw but got up before the count of ten. He was sent to the grass again, and before he got on his feet McCoy hit him. < as lemmas |
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