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base hit |
in baseball, a hit that allows the batter to get on base safely, without an error or force-out being made. |
bus stop |
a place along a bus route where the bus will stop to let people get on or off the bus. |
cozy |
(informal) to try to get on good terms with someone (usu. fol. by "up"). [1/5 definitions] |
entrain1 |
to get on a train. [1/2 definitions] |
landing |
a point where goods are loaded and passengers get on or off, as on or from a ship or airplane. [1/3 definitions] |
lay out |
(informal) to lie in the sun in order to get one's body tan. [1/4 definitions] |
mount1 |
to get on top of a horse or into a vehicle in preparation for a ride. [1/10 definitions] |
vaccine |
a substance used to protect people and animals from very serious diseases. Vaccines contain germs of a particular disease--these germs been killed or changed in a certain way in a laboratory to make them safe. A vaccine goes into a person's body in a shot that is given by a doctor or nurse. After a vaccine is put into a person's body, that person will not get that disease or will get only a mild case. |
wriggle |
to get oneself out of or into by tricky means (usually followed by "into" or "out of"). [1/3 definitions] |
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