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hatch

verb [T] (PLAN)
 
 
/hætʃ/

Definition

to make a plan, especially a secret plan: It was in August of 1978 that the Bolton brothers hatched their plot to kill their parents.Plotting and trappingPlanning, expecting and arrangingCheating and trickingPlanning, expecting and arrangingPlotting and trapping
(Definition of hatch verb (PLAN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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