bomb out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Working on the Manhattan Project could be justified as part of the effort to defeat Hitler, and especially to keep an atomic bomb out of his hands by beating him to it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2020
Because to be a No. 1 pick in the NBA or a first-round pick in the NFL, you’re not going to bomb out because of talent.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2016
“I want this protection even if there is a threat of an atom bomb out there and they ‘think’ I know something about it.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2015
The group – Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the US – is seeking to hammer out a final accord to put an atomic bomb out of Iran’s reach.
From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2015
And when you throw it, sir, you must look out and not hit the man behind you and knock the bomb out of your hand.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick
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