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- At grade
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper. a class of persons or things of the same relative rank, quality, etc. a step or stage in a course or process. a single division of a school classified according to the age or progress […]
- Gunpoint
the or aim of a . at gunpoint, under threat of being shot: He carried out the robber’s orders at gunpoint. Contemporary Examples He often was assigned to Times Square, where he and a partner had grabbed a suspect in a gunpoint rape. NYPD Scandals Obscure the Decency of the Majority, Cops Say Michael Daly […]
- At-hack
a rack for drying food, as fish. a rack for holding fodder for livestock. a low pile of unburnt bricks in the course of drying. to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding. Falconry. to train (a young hawk) by letting it fly freely and feeding it at a or a . […]
- At gunpoint
the or aim of a . at gunpoint, under threat of being shot: He carried out the robber’s orders at gunpoint. noun the muzzle of a gun at gunpoint, being under or using the threat of being shot Also, at knifepoint. Under coercion, as in I’m going to hold him at gunpoint for that raise […]
- At half-mast
Halfway up or down, as in The church bells tolled off and on all day and the flags were at half-mast. This term refers to placing a flag halfway up a ship’s mast or flagpole, a practice used as a mark of respect for a person who has died or, at sea, as a distress […]