"understand trap" meaning in All languages combined

See understand trap on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: understands trap [present, singular, third-person], understanding trap [participle, present], understood trap [participle, past], understood trap [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|understand<,,understood> trap}} understand trap (third-person singular simple present understands trap, present participle understanding trap, simple past and past participle understood trap)
  1. (slang, obsolete) To be conscious of any trickery; to be alert to one's own interests, to know what's going on. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-understand_trap-en-verb-Dzvd-GoX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 345:",
          "text": "‘Yes! yes!’ said Mr Doughty, another tradesman, ‘we understand trap, and so does our good neighbour.’",
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          "ref": "1809, Washington Irving, A History of New York:",
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        "(slang, obsolete) To be conscious of any trickery; to be alert to one's own interests, to know what's going on."
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