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21contest pig — n. Disk jockey jargon for a listener who tries to win every phone in contest by utilizing speed dialers and multiple telephones. Example Citation: She pounces on the phone using the preset buttons that most people have programmed with numbers… …
22contest and sponsored mobility — Alternative patterns of intergenerational social ascent through schooling. Under contest mobility individuals have, within a basic framework of rules, a wide range of strategies or routes they can pursue in order to attain credentials associated… …
23Have Space Suit—Will Travel — infobox Book | name = Have Space Suit Will Travel title orig = image caption = First Edition cover of Have Space Suit Will Travel author = Robert A. Heinlein illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series =… …
24Have Some Fun — Infobox ESC entry song = flagicon|Czech Republic Have Some Fun caption = year = 2008 country = Czech Republic artist = Tereza Kerndlová as = with = languages = English composer = Gordon Pogoda, Stano Simor lyricist = Gordon Pogoda conductor =… …
25have — verb Have is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hotel, ↑library, ↑mixture, ↑patient, ↑room, ↑sentence, ↑tape, ↑word Have is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑ability, ↑ …
26contest — Synonyms and related words: Kilkenny cats, Olympic games, Olympics, abjure, action, altercation, antagonize, argue, argufy, argument, assert the contrary, awake a doubt, bandy words, battle, be contrary to, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious,… …
27contest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See contention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A competition] Syn. trial, match, game; see competition 1 , 2 . 2. [A conflict] Syn. engagement, controversy, struggle; see battle 1 , 2 , dispute , fight 1 …
28have one's hat in the ring — phrasal or throw one s hat in the ring or toss one s hat in the ring : to announce one s entry or readiness to enter into a fight or contest (as for elective office) …
29have the better of — be more successful in a contest she usually had the better of these debates …
30To contest an election — Contest Con*test , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contesting}.] [F. contester, fr. L. contestari to call to witness, contestari litem to introduce a lawsuit by calling witnesses, to bring an action; con + testari to be a… …
