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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