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nip

noun as in swallow, taste

verb as in bite; take small part

verb as in stop, thwart

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Ratings-wise it is nipping at the heels of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

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In 2002, Vaughan tweaked his technique because dismissals to deliveries that nipped back to the right-hander were "doing my nut in".

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Some polls now show the biggest of those groups, the Democratic Alliance, nipping at the heels of the party of Mandela for the first time, as local elections approach next year.

Pakistan had clear plans and executed them, constantly challenging England's fragile defences by nipping the ball into the right-handers.

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Tammy Beaumont was the first to fall, bowled after leaving a superb delivery from Diana Baig which nipped back sharply.

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

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