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{
"form": "sneaks in",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "sneaking in",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sneaked in",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sneaked in",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "snuck in",
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"US",
"informal",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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}
],
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{
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"past2_qual": "informal, chiefly US"
},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis": "41 34 25",
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},
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"_dis": "37 29 34",
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"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm going to try to sneak in by the back door.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC",
"text": "Welsh nerves continued to jangle as Blake let a long ball bounce over his head and only Wayne Hennessey's swift advance from his line prevented Mirko Vucinic sneaking in.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To enter without being noticed."
],
"id": "en-sneak_in-en-verb-CBtWcr6D",
"links": [
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"enter",
"enter"
],
[
"noticed",
"noticed"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "livahtaa sisään"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "entrer en douce"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "intrufolarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"alt": "しのびこむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinobikomu",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "忍び込む"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prokrádyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прокра́дываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prokrástʹsja",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прокра́сться"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "colarse"
}
]
},
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "With Newport's team suffering from injuries, Springfield was able to sneak in to the quarter-finals.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Despite a mediocre grade in English, Pat just managed to sneak in to the university."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To barely advance or be allowed entry in a competition or organization despite minimal credentials or competitors thought to be superior."
],
"id": "en-sneak_in-en-verb-P304iysI"
},
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had sneaked the alcohol in and was now handing it out to his friends.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take (something) in covertly, to smuggle."
],
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"links": [
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"smuggle",
"smuggle"
]
]
}
],
"word": "sneak in"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
"English verbs"
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{
"form": "sneaks in",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sneaking in",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sneaked in",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sneaked in",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "snuck in",
"tags": [
"US",
"informal",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "snuck in",
"tags": [
"US",
"informal",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm going to try to sneak in by the back door.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC",
"text": "Welsh nerves continued to jangle as Blake let a long ball bounce over his head and only Wayne Hennessey's swift advance from his line prevented Mirko Vucinic sneaking in.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To enter without being noticed."
],
"links": [
[
"enter",
"enter"
],
[
"noticed",
"noticed"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "With Newport's team suffering from injuries, Springfield was able to sneak in to the quarter-finals.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Despite a mediocre grade in English, Pat just managed to sneak in to the university."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To barely advance or be allowed entry in a competition or organization despite minimal credentials or competitors thought to be superior."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had sneaked the alcohol in and was now handing it out to his friends.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take (something) in covertly, to smuggle."
],
"links": [
[
"smuggle",
"smuggle"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "livahtaa sisään"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "entrer en douce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "intrufolarsi"
},
{
"alt": "しのびこむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinobikomu",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "忍び込む"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prokrádyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прокра́дываться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prokrástʹsja",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прокра́сться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter without being noticed",
"word": "colarse"
}
],
"word": "sneak in"
}
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