steal away from

  • 1Steal Away (Robbie Dupree song) — Steal Away Single by Robbie Dupree from the album Robbie Dupree B side …

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  • 2Steal Away — Infobox Standard title= Steal Away comment= Steal Away (To Jesus) image size= caption=Page from The Jubilee Singers , 1873. writer=Wallace Willis composer= lyricist= published= written=Prior to 1862 language=English form=Negro spiritual original… …

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  • 3Steal — (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. {Stole} (st[=o]l); p. p. {Stolen} (st[=o] l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stealing}.] [OE. stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG. stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[ a]la, Dan. sti[ae]le, Goth. stilan.] 1.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4steal — O.E. stelan to commit a theft (class IV strong verb; past tense stæl, pp. stolen), from P.Gmc. *stelanan (Cf. O.S. stelan, O.N., O.Fris. stela, Du. stelen, O.H.G. stelan, Ger. stehlen, Goth. stilan), of unknown origin. Most IE words for steal… …

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  • 5steal the spotlight — {v. phr.} To attract attention away from a person or thing that people should be watching. * /When the maid walked on the stage and tripped over a rug, she stole the spotlight from the leading players./ * /Just as the speaker began, a little dog… …

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  • 6steal the spotlight — {v. phr.} To attract attention away from a person or thing that people should be watching. * /When the maid walked on the stage and tripped over a rug, she stole the spotlight from the leading players./ * /Just as the speaker began, a little dog… …

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  • 7steal someone's thunder — steal (someone s) thunder to do something that takes attention away from what someone else has done. I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn t want to steal her thunder …

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  • 8steal thunder — steal (someone s) thunder to do something that takes attention away from what someone else has done. I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn t want to steal her thunder …

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  • 9steal — [[t]sti͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ steals, stealing, stole, stolen 1) VERB If you steal something from someone, you take it away from them without their permission and without intending to return it. [V n] He was accused of stealing a small boy s bicycle... [V… …

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  • 10steal — [c]/stil / (say steel) verb (stole, stolen, stealing) –verb (t) 1. to take or take away dishonestly or wrongfully, especially secretly. 2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgement. 3. to take, get, or win by… …