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lope(dictionary)
lope(medicine)
lope(1)(dictionary)
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stall(3)(dictionary)
stall(1)(dictionary)
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stall(medicine)

stall(5) (iou) and lope(2) (iou)


stall(5) (iou)



stall verb2. L16.
[from STALL noun2.]
verb trans. & intrans. Act as an accomplice or decoy for (a pickpocket etc.). slang. L16.
verb trans. Foll. by off: evade or extricate from difficulty by artifice. slang. E19.
a. verb trans. Put off; delay or postpone with an excuse etc. Also foll. by off. E19.
J. Crosby Bargain some more. It's the only way left to stall him.
b. verb intrans. Prevaricate; be evasive; temporize. E20.
stall for time = play for time s.v. PLAY verb.
J. Blume They were stalling, passing it back and forth. Evening Press (Eire) Do not let a friend stall on repaying a loan.
? In sense 3 not always distinguishable from STALL verb1.

lope(2) (iou)



lope verb intrans. ME.
[Var. of LOUP verb.]
Leap, jump, spring, (about). obsolete exc. dial. ME.
Run (away). Now only slang & dial. LME.
Run with a long bounding stride. (Foll. by along, away.) E19.
V. Woolf As I lay in the grass a hare loped past me. H. Williamson He went for long runs, loping along.