perish

  • 31perish the thought — informal may the thought or idea prove unfounded. → perish …

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  • 32Perish the thought! — something that you say which means you hope very much that something does not happen. If his father came to live with us, perish the thought, I can t imagine what strain that would put on our relationship …

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  • 33perish the thought — do not even think about it. I don t think either parent would ever, perish the thought, tell that kid “no.” …

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  • 34perish the thought — used for saying that an idea or suggestion is silly, not acceptable, or not likely to happen I would never go out with him – perish the thought! …

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  • 35perish — verb a) To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear. ...the ship struck upon a sand, and ... the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately… …

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  • 36perish — Synonyms and related words: age, antiquate, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be done for, be gone, be killed, be lost, be no more, be wiped out, become extinct, become obsolete, break down, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cease to… …

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  • 37perish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. expire, die, crumble. See death, destruction, nonexistence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. die, pass away, be lost, depart; see die 1 . See Synonym Study at die . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. die,… …

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  • 38perish — parish, pearish …

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  • 39perish — per·ish || perɪʃ v. be destroyed; die; expire; wither, wilt; spoil …

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  • 40perish — reship …

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