| 单词 | to face the racket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto face the racket colloquial. to stand the racket: (a) to pay the amount required; (b) to hold out in the face of difficulties; (c) to face and bear the consequences of an action or the outcome of an event (also to face the racket). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay expenses to pay the piper1681 to stand the racket1789 to stand shot1821 to stand Sam1823 to pick up the bill (also check, tab, etc.)1914 the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > not give way [verb (intransitive)] > be durable to stand the racket1789 society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > be under responsibility [verb (intransitive)] > assume or accept responsibility account1572 to stand the racket1789 to take the strain1912 to take the rap1919 to carry the ball1924 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > do one's duty [verb (intransitive)] > and accept the consequences to stand the racket1789 to stand (also come) up to the rack1834 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xiv. 127 Jack and..Sam, Have made me drunk with hot, and stood The racket for a dram. 1827 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay ii. 63 Sic tussels nobbit pluck could settle, For nowse less could the racket stand. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 404 Upon this..preparation depends his work standing the racket of adverse seasons. 1876 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 25 May There isn't enough life left in both of them to enable one man to face the racket at St Louis. 1884 Decatur (Illinois) Weekly Republican 21 Aug. 4/2 If they did so manage as to come out in debt they should face the racket like business men. 1904 G. K. Chesterton Napoleon of Notting Hill iii. iii. 168 ‘Can we do fifteen hundred pounds?’ ‘I'll stand the racket.’ 1905 Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 678/2 If there is trouble, it will be for Great Britain to stand the racket. 1916 W. S. Churchill Let. 16 Jan. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) vii. 150 It seemed impossible to me that the anti-compulsionists [sc. those against conscription] would face the racket. 1930 Punch 19 Feb. 204/3 If her..friend had been a sportsman he'd have stood the racket himself. 1945 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 1 Mar. in War Diaries (2001) 667 He alone was responsible for all the evils of Germany, and was prepared to stand the racket. 1960 G. W. Target Teachers (1962) 226 Having left a class unwatched for so long, and with money about—if an Inspector came in it wouldn't be you to stand the racket. 1978 J. Ramsden Age of Balfour & Baldwin 139 We might get a majority large enough to stand the racket. < as lemmas |
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