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61To impose upon — Impose Im*pose , v. i. To practice tricks or deception. [1913 Webster] {To impose on} or {To impose upon}, (a) to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things. Locke. (b) to place… …
62Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne — The Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne were a cartel of businessmen who formed a monopoly to control the export of coal from the River Tyne in North East England. They were so known from the medieval practice of hosting , whereby local businessmen… …
63be bent upon — index desire, pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
64be intent upon — index pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
65dance attendance upon someone — v. toady, flatter in the hope of gaining favor, fawn upon with a view to please or gain favor …
66capitalize upon something — ˈcapitalize on/upon sth derived to gain a further advantage for yourself from a situation Syn: ↑take advantage of something • The team failed to capitalize on their early lead. Main entry: ↑capitalizederived …
67seize upon — ˈseize on ˈseize u ˌpon [transitive] often passive [present tense I/you/we/they seize on he/she/it seizes on present participle …
68Gaining twist — Gain Gain, v. i. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. [1913 Webster] Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by… …
69advance — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, Great Leap Forward, Wall Street loan, abet, accelerate, access, accession, accommodate with, accommodation, accomplishment, accost, accretion, accrual, accrue, accruement, acculturate, accumulate,… …
70come on — Synonyms and related words: accost, achieve success, advance, alight upon, allurement, ameliorate, amend, anticipate, appear, approach, appropinquate, approximate, arise, arrive, await, bait, baited trap, be a success, be destined, be fated, be… …
