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"(idiomatic, transitive) To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect."
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"_dis1": "82 18",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make finishing touches",
"word": "retoucheren"
},
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"sense": "make finishing touches",
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"sense": "make finishing touches",
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},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make finishing touches",
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}
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"text": "The creep was trying to touch up my girlfriend.",
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"To fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way."
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way."
],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chīdòufu",
"sense": "fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way",
"word": "吃豆腐"
},
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"sense": "fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way",
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}
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}
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way."
],
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},
{
"word": "feel up"
},
{
"word": "pet"
},
{
"word": "fondle"
}
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make finishing touches",
"word": "retoucheren"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make finishing touches",
"word": "retoucher"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "make finishing touches",
"word": "retushar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "make finishing touches",
"word": "retușa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make finishing touches",
"word": "retocar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chīdòufu",
"sense": "fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way",
"word": "吃豆腐"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way",
"word": "lääppiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way",
"word": "attoucher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way",
"tags": [
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"word": "peloter"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way",
"word": "meter mano"
}
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"word": "touch up"
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