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Word: Levant
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 17th century: perhaps from Levant: compare with French faire voile en Levant ‘be stolen or spirited away’, literally ‘set sail for the Levant’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
lɪˈvant
Dialects: British English
Definition:
run away, typically leaving unpaid debts
Short Definition:run away
Examples:- the clerk had levanted before his employer returned from America
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