Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, not comparable)Certain, definite.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. We've stonewalled them, and they've got nothing.

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  2. Stonewall is a gay bar.

    deDas Stonewall Inn ist eine Gay-Bar. — Rovo

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  3. The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics.

    ruАдвокаты первой инстанции не смогли пробиться через тактику блокирования главы мафии. — Hellerick

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  4. Nixon tried to stonewall through Watergate by ignoring it, but it didn't work.

    deNixon versuchte Watergate durch Ignorieren auszusitzen, aber es funktionierte nicht. — samueldora

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Origin

Apparently a corruption of stone cold.

Apparently a corruption of stone cold.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Synonyms

1 synonyms
stone cold

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stoneA1stonemasonstonerstonkstonystooge

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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