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"To sail in a direction close to that from which the wind is blowing, but still making headway"
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"(nautical) To sail in a direction close to that from which the wind is blowing, but still making headway"
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"sense": "nautical: to sail close to the direction from which the wind is blowing",
"word": "luovia"
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"roman": "pitsylízo",
"sense": "nautical: to sail close to the direction from which the wind is blowing",
"word": "πιτσυλίζω"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "nautical: to sail close to the direction from which the wind is blowing",
"word": "ngongo"
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"sense": "nautical: to sail close to the direction from which the wind is blowing",
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"ref": "2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport",
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"(nautical) To sail in a direction close to that from which the wind is blowing, but still making headway"
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"sense": "nautical: to sail close to the direction from which the wind is blowing",
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"sense": "nautical: to sail close to the direction from which the wind is blowing",
"word": "πιτσυλίζω"
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"sense": "nautical: to sail close to the direction from which the wind is blowing",
"word": "ngongo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "nautical: to sail close to the direction from which the wind is blowing",
"word": "bolinar"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to behave riskily",
"word": "luovia"
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"word": "sail close to the wind"
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