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present participle of lift
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1
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
- I needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf
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2
to move or extend upward
- once the sun started to cut through the morning fog, the colorful hot-air balloons began to lift off from the field
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3
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
- she turned her back for just a moment, and somebody lifted her purse
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- appropriating,
- boosting
- [slang],
- filching,
- heisting,
- hooking,
- misappropriating,
- nicking
- [British slang],
- nipping,
- pilfering,
- pinching,
- pocketing,
- purloining,
- ripping off,
- snitching,
- stealing,
- swiping,
- thieving
Words Related to lifting
- carjacking,
- hijacking
- (also highjacking)
- abducting,
- kidnapping
- (also kidnaping),
- shanghaiing,
- spiriting
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“Lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifting. Accessed 19 Jan. 2022.
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