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Run Carelessly After Slap

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noun

• distinctive and stylish elegance

• a quick run

• a footrace run at top speed

• a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

• the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

• the act of moving with great haste

verb

• run or move very quickly or hastily

• break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

• hurl or thrust violently

• destroy or break

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

• add an enlivening or altering element to

24%6 Bandage man after slap
noun

• an enveloping bandage

verb

• wrap in swaddling clothes

24%11 Turn privately-run businesses into government-run
verb

• put under state control or ownership

• make national in character or scope

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