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  • 41post — I. n. 1. Pillar, column, support. 2. Station, position, seat. 3. Office, employment, place, situation, station. 4. Messenger, intelligencer, mercury. 5. Postman, courier, letter carrier, express, mail carrier. 6. Mail. 7. Speed …

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  • 42post — I n 1. shaft, pier, Naut. bollard, pole, pylon; picket, stake, pale, palisade, pile; prop, brace, stay, strut, shore; pillar, column, newel, stock, support, standard, stanchion, mullion, caryatid, atlas, telamon, Archit. columna caelata, upright …

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  • 43Frank Post — Cyclist infobox ridername = Frank Post image size = image caption = fullname = Franklin Post nickname = dateofbirth = birth date and age |1962|4|20 height = 1.8m (5 10.5 Imperial) weight = 74.84kg (165lbs. Imperial) country = USA currentteam =… …

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  • 44To ride post — Post Post, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed,… …

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  • 45To travel post — Post Post, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed,… …

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  • 46marry in haste and repent at leisure — This formula can be applied to rash steps other than marriage: e.g. 1998 Spectator 10 Jan. 6 All modern governments legislate in haste and repent at leisure. A frequent recent variant is act in haste, repent at leisure: e.g. 1998 Times 26 Jan. 21 …

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  • 47make haste — Synonyms and related words: bolt, bundle, bustle, career, chase, crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, double time, festinate, fling, get going, get moving, haste, hasten, hie, hump, hump it, hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry scurry …

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  • 48fly|post — «FLY POHST», transitive verb. British. to post with bills or notices in haste, especially to avoid detection …

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  • 49posthaste — post•haste [[t]ˈpoʊstˈheɪst[/t]] adv. 1) with the greatest possible speed or promptness 2) archaic great haste • Etymology: 1530–40 …

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  • 50posthaste — post|haste [ ,pɔust heıst ] adverb LITERARY as quickly as possible …

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