单词 | to nick it |
释义 | > as lemmasto nick it a. transitive. to nick it: to hit the mark, to make a hit; to guess correctly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) speed993 achievec1300 escheve?a1400 succeed1509 to turn up trumps1595 fadge1611 to nick ita1637 to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655 to get on1768 to reap, win one's laurels1819 to go a long way1859 win out1861 score1882 to make it1885 to make a ten-strike1887 to make the grade1912 to make good1914 to bring home the bacon1924 to go places1931 the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)] > rightly to hit it1591 to nick ita1637 a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady ii. iv. 24 in Wks. (1640) III Now, is your time: goe nick it with the Neice. a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) v. i. 296 Haue I not nickd it tutor? 1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist Concl. 64 Jezabel nick't it in Politicks, when..she made the Law..contribute and club to the knocking out Naboth's brains. 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy Prol. All his decent plays, Where he so nicked it, when he writ for praise. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 242 So, Jackey, we but just nick'd it, I find. a1804 R. Graves tr. Martial ii. vii At every ball how prettily you nick it! 1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry i. iv You've nicked it: the fact is this, Dicky—you must turn missionary. 1831 C. Lamb Satan in Search i. xii ‘I wish my Nicky is not in love’.—‘O mother, you have nicked it!’ 1860 G. W. Thornbury Turkish Life & Char. I. iv. 73 We at last..found ourselves at the convent. ‘I thought we should nick it,’ Rocket said. < as lemmas |
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