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mire noun ( BAD SITUATION )
/maɪər/
/maɪr/ n Definition
[S] literary an unpleasant situation which is difficult to escape
We must not be drawn into the mire of civil war.
(Definition of mire noun (BAD SITUATION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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