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past tense of blink
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1
to shine with light at regular intervals
- she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns
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3
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
- for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked
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- bowed,
- budged,
- capitulated,
- conceded,
- gave in,
- knuckled under,
- quit
- (also quitted),
- relented,
- submitted,
- succumbed,
- surrendered,
- yielded
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4
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
- stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief
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