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attach
verb [T] (TAKE GOODS) /əˈtætʃ/ UK legalDefinition
(Definition of attach verb (TAKE GOODS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- attachment noun (TAKING GOODS)
- bar verb (PREVENT)
- be brought/called to account idiom
- carrot and stick idiom
- catch up with sb phrasal verb (PUNISH)
- clobber verb (HIT)
- come down on sb/sth phrasal verb
- crucify verb
- discipline verb (PUNISH)
- flay sb alive idiom
- kick (some) ass idiom
- parking ticket noun
- penal adjective (PUNISHMENT)
- penalize verb (PUNISH)
- penalty noun (PUNISHMENT)
- punish verb (CRIME)
- punishable adjective
- sentence noun (PUNISHMENT)
- skin sb alive idiom
- you might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb idiom
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