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Synonyms for lick and a promise


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lik
Phonetic Transcription : lɪk



Définition of lick and a promise

Origin :
  • "to beat," 1535, perhaps from figurative use of lick (v.1) in the Coverdale bible that year in sense of "defeat, annihilate" (an enemy's forces) in Num. xxii:4:
  • Now shal this heape licke up all that is about vs, euen as an oxe licketh vp the grasse in the field.
  • But to lick (of) the whip "taste punishment" is attested from mid-15c.
  • noun perfunctory task

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