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81metes and bounds — /meets/ the boundaries or limits of a piece of land. [1275 1325; late ME; trans. of AF metes et boundes. See METE2, BOUND3] * * * ▪ land description limits or boundaries of a tract of land as identified by natural landmarks, such as rivers …
82Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason — is the English title of the German book Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft, written by Immanuel Kant in 1793. Although its purpose and original intent has become a matter of some dispute, the book s immense and lasting… …
83metes and bounds — A name for a type of property description used to identify parcels of land for which the legal identification is expressed in surveying terms. Metes means measurements and bounds means boundaries. A metes and bounds description gives the length… …
84in-bounds — adv AmE if the ball is in bounds in a sport, it is in the playing area …
85in-bounds — [ ın baundz ] adjective in basketball, an in bounds ball or PASS is one in which the ball is thrown back onto the COURT from outside the playing area …
86by\ leaps\ and\ bounds — adv. phr. With long steps; very rapidly. Production in the factory was increasing by leaps and bounds. The school enrollment was going up by leaps and bounds …
87in leaps and bounds — If you do something in leaps and bounds, you make rapid or spectacular progress or growth. The number of subscribers to the newsletter has grown in leaps and bounds …
88leaps and bounds — If you do something in leaps and bounds, you make rapid or spectacular progress or growth. The number of subscribers to the newsletter has grown in leaps and bounds …
89grow by leaps and bounds — to become larger quickly. Since we had that good rain, my tomatoes have grown by leaps and bounds. That boy has grown by leaps and bounds this year …
90know no bounds — formal if an emotion or quality knows no bounds, it is not limited. Tom s loyalty to the company knows no bounds …