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  • verb Present participle of delope.

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Examples

  • My interest in further details led over to Wikipedia, where by turns I moved from the code duello to deloping to that most famous of duels featured in a “got milk?” commercial, the Burr-Hamilton throwdown.

    Senatorial abuse and apostrophe misuse « Motivated Grammar 2009

  • There was the unwilling memory of George when confronted, ashen-faced and tight-lipped, refusing to make any comment on the story Henrietta had told, refusing to defend himself and his actions, refusing at first to accept Luke's challenge — and ultimately refusing to fight him by deloping and watching steadily as Luke took aim at the willow tree.

    Heartless Balogh, Mary 1995

  • So if I read the article correctly, the writers believe that "their voice" must be heard when the deloping countries walk out ..

    The Guardian World News 2009

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