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lunge

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a quick thrust
  • anticipated the swordsman's lunge and jumped aside to avoid being stabbed

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The first known use of lunge was in 1748

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“Lunge.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunge. Accessed 7 December 2019.

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