- take a raincheck
- (Slang) postpone
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
take a raincheck
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take a raincheck — If you take a rain check, you decline an offer now, suggesting you will accept it later. ( Raincheck is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
take a raincheck — ( ● rain … Useful english dictionary
take a raincheck — If you take a rain check, you decline an offer now, suggesting you will accept it later. ( Raincheck is also used.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take a raincheck — vb to accept a postponement, put some thing off to a future date. An American ism which entered international English in the mid 1970s. The raincheck in question was originally a ticket stub entitling the holder to entry to a ball game at some… … Contemporary slang
raincheck — /ˈreɪntʃɛk/ (say raynchek) noun 1. US a ticket for future use given to spectators at a baseball game, sports meeting, etc., which has been stopped by rain. 2. an undertaking by a retailer to supply a customer with a product currently out of stock …
raincheck — rainˈcheck noun (US) A ticket for future use given to spectators when a game or a sports meeting is cancelled or stopped because of bad weather (take a raincheck (on) (informal; orig US) to promise to accept an invitation (for) at a later date) • … Useful english dictionary
miss — I v 1. fail to catch or get, miscalculate, mistime, ill time; bobble, bungle, goof, muff, slip; let slip through one s fingers, misplace, lose; fail to attain or accomplish, come up short, Sl. blow the chance, Sl. blow, be left at the starting… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Circus of the Damned (novel) — infobox Book | name = Circus of the Damned orig title = translator = author = Laurell K. Hamilton cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter genre = mystery, horror publisher = Ace Books (Ace… … Wikipedia
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom — This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.* Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g. pants , crib ) are to be found … Wikipedia
rain check — noun 1. a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future • Hypernyms: ↑promise 2. a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain • Hypernyms: ↑stub, ↑ticket stub… … Useful english dictionary
