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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Decide

(2 syl.) means “to knock out.” Several things being set before a person, he eliminates all but one, which he selects as his choice. A decided man is one who quickly eliminates every idea but the one he intends to adhere to.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Decimo
Deception
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