单词 | brick by brick |
释义 | > as lemmasbrick by brick P2. figurative. brick by brick: in a gradual or incremental manner; in stages; one bit at a time. Often in to build brick by brick. ΚΠ 1806 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 5 Apr. There is a class of men..who, if you only permit them to lay the foundation, will build you up, step by step, and brick by brick. 1875 Hamilton (Ohio) Guidon 6 May [They] are successfully compiling, brick by brick,..a complete encyclopædia of sacred and profane history. 1969 Northwest Arkansas Times 17 Apr. 7/3 This is not going to be an easy thing... It will be a long, slow, brick-by-brick process. 1995 K. Armstrong Through Narrow Gate (1997) xi. 257 Our relationship..would have to be built up again, brick by brick. 2004 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 37 472 The chapters..are intended to build her argument brick by brick. < as lemmas |
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