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"ref": "1945 November 30, “Underdog, Undaunted Navy Ready for Army”, in The Independent Record, Helena, Montana",
"text": "Navy should score once but the Mid-shipmen definitely are cruising for a bruising.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2008 January 17, Bill Barnhart, “Dulled foreign gleam could lead to gloom”, in Chicago Tribune",
"text": "The Euroland economy has been cruising for a bruising for a while.",
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"Following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself."
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"(informal) Following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself."
],
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"word": "cruisin’ for a bruisin’"
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"translations": [
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"word": "cercare rogne"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"word": "andare in cerca di guai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "szukać guza"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"word": "procurando encrenca"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"word": "naghahanap ng sakit ng katawan"
}
]
}
],
"word": "cruising for a bruising"
}
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"ref": "1945 November 30, “Underdog, Undaunted Navy Ready for Army”, in The Independent Record, Helena, Montana",
"text": "Navy should score once but the Mid-shipmen definitely are cruising for a bruising.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2008 January 17, Bill Barnhart, “Dulled foreign gleam could lead to gloom”, in Chicago Tribune",
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"(informal) Following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself."
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"word": "cruisin’ for a bruisin’"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"word": "cercare rogne"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"word": "andare in cerca di guai"
},
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"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"tags": [
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"word": "szukać guza"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"word": "procurando encrenca"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself",
"word": "naghahanap ng sakit ng katawan"
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"word": "cruising for a bruising"
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