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hoisted

adjective as in erected

adjective as in raised

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His friends tied scarves around him, hoisted him up the wall, back into Iran.

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A Butler Township police officer then hoisted himself up on the roof.

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As the accidental spokesperson for politically conscious casting, he’d rather not be hoisted on his own petard.

The young musician hoisted up his first new electric guitar and looked out at his audience.

They hoisted Eygi’s body, draped in a Palestinian flag and a black-and-white kaffiyeh, and denounced the young women’s death as the cold-blooded murder of a peaceful protester.

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

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