Definition of abandon/drop all pretense at
- He abandoned/dropped all pretense at politeness.
: to give up to the control or influence of another person or agent
: to give up with the intent of never again claiming a right or interest in
: to withdraw from often in the face of danger or encroachment
: a thorough yielding to natural impulses
: the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass
: a dose of medicine measured by drops
: a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible
: to fall in drops
: to fall (see 1fall 1a) unexpectedly or suddenly
: to descend (see descend 1) from one line or level to another
: the whole amount, quantity, or extent of
: as much as possible
: every member or individual component of
: wholly, quite
: selected as the best (as at a sport) within an area or organization
: only, exclusively
: the whole number, quantity, or amount : totality
used in such phrases as for all I know, for all I care, and for all the good it does to indicate a lack of knowledge, interest, or effectiveness
: everybody, everything
: the whole of one's possessions, resources, or energy
: other : different : atypical
: isomeric form or variety of (a specified chemical compound)
: being one of a group whose members together constitute a structural unit especially of a language
: a claim made or implied
: mere ostentation : pretentiousness
: a pretentious act or assertion
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