单词 | to get within |
释义 | > as lemmasto get within —— † to get within —— Obsolete. extracted from getv. 1. intransitive. To succeed in coming within the defences of (an adversary). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight with [verb (transitive)] > fight at close quarters to get within ——1523 to grapple witha1616 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxxviiiv/1 Ther was a sore encountre with speares and sheldes, and they were a certayne space or any of them coude get within other. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxiv. sig. Ee3v I had in a short space gotten within him, and (giuing him a sound blowe) sent him to feede fishes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 34 Some get within him, take his sword away. View more context for this quotation 1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. ii. xvi. 279 Got within shot of the enemy, who fearing that by degrees the English Fleet would get within them; set up their sailes [etc.]. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 347 Drawing his Sword with his Height, Rage, and Strength, he presently got within him. 1860 D. P. Thompson Doomed Chief xviii. 349 Our first struggle will be to get within them; and then will come the more terrible one of making headway against the then doubly desperate three thousand defenders we shall be sure to find there. 2. intransitive. figurative. To succeed in deceiving (a person); to win the confidence of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)] bicharrea1100 fodea1375 begoc1380 inveiglea1513 to hold in halsc1560 to get within ——1572 cajole1645 to cajole with1665 butter1725 veigle1745 flummer1764 to get round ——1780 to come round ——1784 to get around ——1803 flatter-blind1818 salve1825 to come about1829 round1854 canoodle1864 moody1934 fanny1938 cosy1939 mamaguy1939 snow1943 snow-job1962 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles cxxxiii. 739 They haue craftily crope and gotte within men through their pretence of vertuousnesse. 1640 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 303 By this very means he got within our grandmother Eve. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 154 I should so much sympathize with him, to get within him to know his intentions. a1676 M. Hale Judgm. True Relig. (1684) iii. 45 Gentleness, softness, mildness, and personal respectfulness quiet the Passions and Spirits of the adverse Party, gain upon him, get within him. 1861 W. S. Blacket Young Men's Class (ed. 2) vii. 94 If he would convince them of sin, he may talk long about it and effect nothing; but if he can get within them,..he can, to use a figure, storm the citadel instead of besieging it. < as lemmas |
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