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as in hitched
to travel by securing free rides
thought I'd thumb into town instead of paying for a cab
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as in flipped
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
I thumbed through the book during the flight but was too distracted to really read it
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.
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Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
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“Thumbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumbed. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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