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What (who) is lurch - definition
lurch
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Lurch (disambiguation)
I. v. a.
1.
Rob, deprive of, outstrip in acquiring.
2.
Steal, appropriate, take privily, filch, purloin, pilfer.
3.
Deceive, disappoint, leave in the lurch, defeat, evade.
II. v. n.
1.
Lurk, skulk, lie close, lie in ambush.
2.
Shift, play tricks, contrive, dodge.
3.
(Naut.) Roll suddenly.
lurch
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Lurch (disambiguation)
(lurches, lurching, lurched)
1.
To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way.
As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward...
Henry looked, stared, and lurched to his feet...
VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep, also V
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Lurch is also a noun.
The car took a lurch forward but grounded in a deep rut.
N-COUNT
2.
If you say that a person or organization lurches from one thing to another, you mean they move suddenly from one course of action or attitude to another in an uncontrolled way.
The state government has lurched from one budget crisis to another...
The first round of multilateral trade talks has lurched between hope and despair.
VERB: V from n to n, V prep/adv [disapproval]
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Lurch is also a noun.
The property sector was another casualty of the lurch towards higher interest rates.
N-COUNT: usu N prep
3.
If someone leaves you in the lurch, they go away or stop helping you at a very difficult time. (INFORMAL)
You wouldn't leave an old friend in the lurch, surely?
PHRASE: V inflects
lurch
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Lurch (disambiguation)
lurch1
¦ noun a sudden unsteady movement.
¦ verb make such a movement; stagger.
Origin
C17: of unknown origin.
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lurch2
¦ noun (in phr. leave someone in the lurch) leave someone in a difficult situation without assistance or support.
Origin
C16: from Fr. lourche, the name of a game resembling backgammon, used in the phr. demeurer lourche 'be discomfited'.
Examples of use of lurch
1. Nearer to home, Vladimir Putin‘s illiberal lurch in Russia continues.
2. Its leaders are hiding, leaving the Palestinians in the lurch.
3. There‘s been a lot of talk about lurching, so let me make it clear – no lurch to the Right, no lurch to the Left.
4. Everywhere shards and fragments of the thing lurch out unexpectedly.
5. It‘s a bankrupt lurch of the educational right – Melanie Phillips and Chris Woodhead.