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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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It was far from certain, and it took many months to run
"It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground," Mr Obama said.
run to earth/ground
To pursue and successfully capture: Dogs ran the fox to earth. The police ran the terrorists to ground.
What does "thread" mean? Please let me know.
run to earth/ground
To pursue and successfully capture: Dogs ran the fox to earth. The police ran the terrorists to ground.
What does "thread" mean? Please let me know.
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Hi, A series of related posts, on a Forum. Our dicussion of this topic is an example of a thread. Clive
- Hi, A series of related posts, on a Forum.
- Our dicussion of this topic is an example of a thread.
- Clive
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Hi,
A series of related posts, on a Forum. Our dicussion of this topic is an example of a thread.
Clive
A series of related posts, on a Forum. Our dicussion of this topic is an example of a thread.
Clive
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The expression is older than message boards, Clive. It means to find find the start (source) of something. A thread is like a string or a rope. Imagine a long thread and you want to find out where it starts. You could pick it up and follow it (run it) until you found its starting point.
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Okay. Then what does this mean to say 'to pursue and successfully capture the source of information (thread)'? Please let me know. By the way, Obama said this in the context of the speech delivered after the killing of OBL.
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Hi Clive
Here it is:
Obama said he had been "briefed on a possible lead" on bin Laden's whereabouts in August 2010. "It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground" Obama said. "And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama
Here it is:
Obama said he had been "briefed on a possible lead" on bin Laden's whereabouts in August 2010. "It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground" Obama said. "And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama
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Hi,
I quite like the way StuartMillEnglish expressed the idea.
You could think of a thread in this sense as a series of related and connected pieces of information which finally led the searchers to Bin Laden.
Clive
I quite like the way StuartMillEnglish expressed the idea.
You could think of a thread in this sense as a series of related and connected pieces of information which finally led the searchers to Bin Laden.
Clive
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Jackson6612Okay. Then what does this mean to say 'to pursue and successfully capture the source of information (thread)'? Please let me know. By the way, Obama said this in the context of the speech delivered after the killing of OBL.I'm sorry, Clive, but I don't get it. OBL was not the source of information; the thread was about the information which could b
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Obama received information that might help find Osama bin Laden (briefed on a possible lead)
They weren't very sure (It was far from certain)
They needed a lot of time to use the information to find Osama bin Laden (It took many months to run this thread to the ground).
In other words, Obama got some information that might help him find bin Laden and it took time to actu
They weren't very sure (It was far from certain)
They needed a lot of time to use the information to find Osama bin Laden (It took many months to run this thread to the ground).
In other words, Obama got some information that might help him find bin Laden and it took time to actu
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