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  • 11Stitch Up! — was a CBBC children s television series in which pranks are played on the general public. It was originally broadcast in early 2002 and is often repeated. Compared to other CBBC programmes, Stitch Up! appears to be aimed at older children (most… …

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  • 12stitch-up — stitch ups also stitch up N COUNT: usu sing If you describe a situation as a stitch up, you mean that it has been arranged in a way that makes it unfair. [BRIT, INFORMAL] My view is that this is a stitch up, and has been from the very beginning …

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  • 13stitch — [stich] n. [ME stiche < OE stice, a puncture, stab: for IE base see STICK] 1. a) a single complete in and out movement of the threaded needle in sewing b) SUTURE (sense 4c) 2. a single loop of yarn worked off a needle in knitting, crocheting,… …

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  • 14Stitch — Stitch, v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15Stitch — bezeichnet: ein Synonym für Polnische Bank, ein Karten Glücksspiel, eine Figur aus dem Disney Film Lilo Stitch und eine Stitchaufnahme, ein Panoramafoto, welches aus vielen einzelnen Bildern nahtlos zusammengesetzt ist …

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  • 16stitch-up — n BrE a situation in which someone is deliberately deceived …

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  • 17stitch-up — noun count INFORMAL a dishonest or unfair arrangement or result: She claimed that the election had been a stitch up …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18stitch up — ► stitch up Brit. informal 1) manipulate (a situation) to someone s disadvantage. 2) cheat or falsely incriminate. Main Entry: ↑stitch …

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  • 19stitch — (n.) O.E. stice a prick, puncture, from P.Gmc. *stikiz, from the root of STICK (Cf. stick) (v.). The sense of sudden, stabbing pain in the side was in late O.E. The verb is first recorded early 13c., to stab, pierce, also to fasten or adorn with… …

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  • 20stitch — n *pain, twinge, ache, pang, throe …

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