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(transitive) To cut off; chop off.
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(transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
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(transitive) To entice step by step.
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To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
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(transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.
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(intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.
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(transitive, archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
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(transitive, now chiefly British, dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.
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(transitive, now chiefly British, dialectal) To scold.
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(transitive, now chiefly British, dialectal, marbles) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.