- hoist one
- tv. to have a drink.□ Let’s go out and hoist one sometime.□ Hey, Sam. Let’s you and me hoist one.
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hoist one's flag — ► hoist one s flag (of an admiral) take up command. Main Entry: ↑hoist … English terms dictionary
hoist one's flag — (of an admiral) take up command. → hoist … English new terms dictionary
hoist one's flag — (of an admiral) take up command … Useful english dictionary
Hoist (album) — Hoist Studio album by Phish Released March 29, 1994 (US) … Wikipedia
hoist — ► VERB 1) raise by means of ropes and pulleys. 2) haul or lift up. ► NOUN 1) an act of hoisting. 2) an apparatus for hoisting. 3) the part of a flag nearest the staff. 4) a group of flags raised as a signal … English terms dictionary
hoist — v. & n. v.tr. 1 raise or haul up. 2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc. n. 1 an act of hoisting, a lift. 2 an apparatus for hoisting. 3 a the part of a flag nearest the staff. b a group of flags raised as a signal. Phrases and idioms: hoist… … Useful english dictionary
hoist — verb raise by means of ropes and pulleys. ↘haul up. noun 1》 an act of hoisting. 2》 an apparatus for hoisting something. 3》 the part of a flag nearest the staff. 4》 a group of flags raised as a signal. Phrases hoist one s flag (of an admiral) take … English new terms dictionary
Hoist (Transformers) — Hoist is the name of two fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Transformers: Generation 1Transformers character name =Hoist caption =Hoist box art affiliation =Autobot subgroup =Autobot Cars function =Maintenance partner = motto =… … Wikipedia
hoist — (v.) 1540s, to raise, earlier hoise (c.1500), probably originally past tense of M.E. hysse (late 15c.), which is probably from M.Du. hyssen (Du. hijsen) to hoist, related to Low Ger. hissen and O.N. hissa upp raise. A nautical word found in most… … Etymology dictionary
hoist with one's own petard — {adj. phr.} Caught in your own trap or trick. * /Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard./ (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one s own bomb.) … Dictionary of American idioms
