arrows

/ (ˈærəʊz) /

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noun

(functioning as singular) British an informal name for darts

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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As grown-ups without turbo-charged explosive arrows, we can only change the rules through politics.
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There were also aerial displays by the Red Arrows, and Red Devils parachutists.
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Even beyond the slings and arrows aimed at them both in public life, these two women have a lot in common.
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Painted arrows on the linoleum floor direct you where to stand in line.
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When the Arrows and the Blades ended the game in a scoreless tie, the crowd jumped onto the field.
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A coquette is said to be an imperfect incarnation of Cupid, as she keeps her beau, and not her arrows, in a quiver.
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With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briers and thorns shall be in all the land.
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The arrows represent the flow of money from each of these four categories to the others.
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In the diagram the horizontal arrows represent such mere banking operations, not true circulation.
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On the other hand, the arrows along the sides of the triangle represent actual circulation.
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