单词 | to come to gripes |
释义 | > as lemmasto come to gripes a. The action of griping, clutching, grasping or seizing tenaciously, esp. with the hands, arms, claws, and the like. to come to gripes: to come to close quarters with (cf. grip n.1 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing gripinga1300 arrestc1386 gripe1393 seizingc1400 henting1440 kippingc1440 prensation1620 gripping1632 apprehension1646 comprehension1712 prehension1807 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] > engage in hostile encounter counter1330 encounter1555 to come to grips1640 to come to gripesa1645 buckle?1650 to lock horns (also antlers)1850 face1922 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 146 Al that the fyngres and the fust felen and touchen, Beo he greued with here gripe the holy gost let falle. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3761 Grete armys in the gripe, growen full rounde. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 46 When I thee third tyme with grype more fiercelye [L. maiore nisu] dyd offer. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. Gv He chokes him with his gripes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. vi. 22 He..raught me his hand, And with a feeble gripe, sayes [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 All the locks and gripes of wrastling. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. ii. 62 Bellerophon could not avoid the coming to gripes with the Monster. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 38 Like a weak Dove under the Falcon's gripe. 1718 M. Prior Power 442 The bear's rough gripe. 1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 67 The cords, alas! a solid gripe deny. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. ix. 284 He..seized me by the arms with a rude gripe, and pressed me..to his breast. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 105 Rescue me from the gripe of this iron-fisted..clown. 1841 R. W. Emerson Hist. in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 31 Antæus was suffocated by the gripe of Hercules. < as lemmas |
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