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- From: evan@hpl.hp.com (Evan Kirshenbaum)
- Subject: Re: Words that are Opposites...
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:10:35 GMT
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- In article <16B5F123B5.VSLARRY@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il> VSLARRY@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il (Larry Israel) writes:
- >My favorite synonym/antonym pair - best and worst, when used as verbs.
- >To best someone in a fight is the same as to worst someone in a fight.
-
- Hmm, my dictionary lists "worst" as a verb in this sense, but I've
- never heard (or heard of) it used that way. In what dialects would it
- be found (besides, obviously, Israeli English)?
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