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gritting - definition and meaning
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verb Present participle of grit .
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I had to visit Cambridge with work for a meeting with some clients - not a bad trip over there from Birmingham, but Cambs City Council don't seem to have cottoned on to the idea of gritting pavements yet ... the place was one big ice rink!
The Guardian World News 2009
Although it is called gritting , grit is not actually involved in the process.
Home | Mail Online 2009
Bunches of people who voted for him are now just kind of gritting their teeth and bearing it.
Just Another Pretty Farce 2010
Other than gritting our teeth or fighting back hard, is there anything my wife and I can do?
Philip Galanes: 'Tis the Season (for Political Hijacking) Philip Galanes 2011
Other than gritting our teeth or fighting back hard, is there anything my wife and I can do?
Philip Galanes: 'Tis the Season (for Political Hijacking) Philip Galanes 2011
After my obligatory teeth-gritting at the "why does the only mode of historical adventure for girls involve them already being flat-chested?" moment, I loved the rest of this book.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway 2010
After my obligatory teeth-gritting at the "why does the only mode of historical adventure for girls involve them already being flat-chested?" moment, I loved the rest of this book.
mrissa: Books read, early April mrissa 2010
Other than gritting our teeth or fighting back hard, is there anything my wife and I can do?
Philip Galanes: 'Tis the Season (for Political Hijacking) Philip Galanes 2011
Other than gritting our teeth or fighting back hard, is there anything my wife and I can do?
Philip Galanes: 'Tis the Season (for Political Hijacking) Philip Galanes 2011
Other than gritting our teeth or fighting back hard, is there anything my wife and I can do?
Philip Galanes: 'Tis the Season (for Political Hijacking) Philip Galanes 2011
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