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"Brought from far away."
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"(obsolete) Brought from far away."
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"text": "He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1876 July 13, Robert Stewart, \"Want of Confidence Motion.\" Parliamentary Debates (Queensland Legislative Assembly)",
"text": "When the honorable member chose to repeat a long list of grievances which he attempted to father upon the present Government, simply because some of the members of it belonged to the late administration, I think it was about the furthest fetched argument he could have got."
},
{
"ref": "1993 March 11, Alan Cathcart, “MZ ON THE RISE”, in Cycle World",
"text": "The idea that any new MZ could be a star of an international motorcycle show is even farther fetched, rather like a Fiat outshining a Ferrari.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Implausible; not likely; difficult to believe."
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"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "be",
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "нацягнуты"
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"sense": "not likely"
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{
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"roman": "presilen",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "пресилен"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "牽強"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiānqiǎng",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "牵强"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
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"roman": "chě",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "扯"
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{
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"sense": "not likely",
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{
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"roman": "lípǔ",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "离谱"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "přitažený za vlasy"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "zavlasypřitažený"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "vergezocht"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "bij de haren getrokken"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "kaukaa haettu"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "villi"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "abracadabrant"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "tiré par les cheveux"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "à dormir debout"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "weit hergeholt"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "an den Haaren herbeigezogen"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "travigméno apó ta malliá",
"sense": "not likely",
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},
{
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"sense": "not likely",
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not likely",
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{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "erőltetett"
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "áibhéalach"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "strambo"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "strano"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "inverosimile"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "stiracchiato"
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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "de mal creire"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "not likely",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "not likely",
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "improvável"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not likely",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "tras de păr"
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"_dis1": "13 87",
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"roman": "nadúmannyj",
"sense": "not likely",
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"_dis1": "13 87",
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"note": "притя́нутый за́ у́ши (pritjánutyj zá úši, literally “drawn by the ears”)",
"sense": "not likely"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not likely",
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"word": "натегнут"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
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"_dis1": "13 87",
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"word": "forzado"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "traído por los pelos"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "poco probable"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "inverosímil"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "jalado de los pelos"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "tirado de los pelos"
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{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "långsökt"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "притя́гнутий за ву́ха (prytjáhnutyj za vúxa, literally “drawn by the ears”)",
"sense": "not likely"
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"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "mubalgha Aamez",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "مبالغہ آمیز"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "khiên cưỡng"
}
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"Brought from far away."
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"(obsolete) Brought from far away."
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"ref": "1876 July 13, Robert Stewart, \"Want of Confidence Motion.\" Parliamentary Debates (Queensland Legislative Assembly)",
"text": "When the honorable member chose to repeat a long list of grievances which he attempted to father upon the present Government, simply because some of the members of it belonged to the late administration, I think it was about the furthest fetched argument he could have got."
},
{
"ref": "1993 March 11, Alan Cathcart, “MZ ON THE RISE”, in Cycle World",
"text": "The idea that any new MZ could be a star of an international motorcycle show is even farther fetched, rather like a Fiat outshining a Ferrari.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Implausible; not likely; difficult to believe."
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nacjahnuty",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "нацягнуты"
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{
"code": "be",
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"sense": "not likely"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neverojaten",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "невероятен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "presilen",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "пресилен"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "牽強"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiānqiǎng",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "牵强"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chě",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "扯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "離譜"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lípǔ",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "离谱"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "přitažený za vlasy"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "zavlasypřitažený"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "vergezocht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "bij de haren getrokken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "kaukaa haettu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "villi"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "abracadabrant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "tiré par les cheveux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "à dormir debout"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "weit hergeholt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "an den Haaren herbeigezogen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "travigméno apó ta malliá",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "τραβηγμένο από τα μαλλιά"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "valószínűtlen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "túlzott"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "erőltetett"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "áibhéalach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "strambo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "strano"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "inverosimile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "stiracchiato"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "de mal creire"
},
{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "tirat pels cabels"
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "not likely",
"word": "improvável"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not likely",
"tags": [
"slang"
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"word": "forçado"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "tras de păr"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadúmannyj",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "наду́манный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "притя́нутый за́ у́ши (pritjánutyj zá úši, literally “drawn by the ears”)",
"sense": "not likely"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not likely",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
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"word": "натегнут"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not likely",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
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"word": "nategnut"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "forzado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "traído por los pelos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "poco probable"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "improbable"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "inverosímil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "jalado de los pelos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "tirado de los pelos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "långsökt"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "притя́гнутий за ву́ха (prytjáhnutyj za vúxa, literally “drawn by the ears”)",
"sense": "not likely"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "mubalgha Aamez",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "مبالغہ آمیز"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not likely",
"word": "khiên cưỡng"
}
],
"word": "far-fetched"
}
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