Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, idiomatic)To embezzle, to steal from one's place of business.

Examples

47 sentences
  1. I had never seen a giraffe till I visited the zoo.

    До того, як я пішов у зоопарк, я ніколи не бачив жирафа. — aandrusiak

    ruДо того, как я пошёл в зоопарк, я никогда не видел жирафа. — Balamax

  2. We shouldn't have stayed up till 2:30.

  3. It'll have to wait till tomorrow.

    ruС этим придётся подождать до завтра. — marafon

    deDas wird bis morgen warten müssen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. We have till tomorrow night to decide.

  5. We'll just have to wait till then.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From the most basic form of the crime: a shop assistant removing cash from the register.

From the most basic form of the crime: a shop assistant removing cash from the register.

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Forms

has one's hand in the till, having one's hand in the till, had one's hand in the till, had one's hand in the till
Base formhave one's hand in the till · to have one's hand in the till
3rd person singularhas one's hand in the till
Present participlehaving one's hand in the till
Past simplehad one's hand in the till
Past participlehad one's hand in the till

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhave one's hand in the till
he, she, ithas one's hand in the till

Past simpleLesson

all personshad one's hand in the till

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave had one's hand in the till
he, she, ithas had one's hand in the till

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill have one's hand in the till

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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