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View definitions for ajar

ajar

adjective as in slightly open

adverb as in slightly open

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Despite this, India has refrained from imposing retaliatory tariffs against the US and has left the door ajar for further negotiations.

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At this point she said the garden was overgrown, there was mould on the windows - which were left ajar in winter - and the back gates were in need of repair.

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I was continually scaling walls and dragging him, covered in engine grease, out from under a car in the morning after he slipped out the front door left ajar.

Vatican sources say that was to keep the door for dialogue ajar, even when it seemed hopeless.

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The door to a pilot’s plane appeared to be ajar as it took off from Fullerton Airport, moments before it crashed into a warehouse, according to investigators.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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