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Mr. Tom Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of "made their touch" in these lines.
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Could you please tell me if the meanings of made their touch and by a big punch in the following lines? Are these set idioms or coinages?
The following is spoken by an outtlaw when he was drinking coffee in a cafeteria and the cops walked in.
"Sometimes you just can’t figure cops. But once they made their touch, there is no sense running. Try it and you can get shot down. Besides, Cafeteria was a popular place and the owner a swell egg who did not deserve getting shook by a big punch right in the middle of his rush hours."
Could you please tell me if the meanings of made their touch and by a big punch in the following lines? Are these set idioms or coinages?
The following is spoken by an outtlaw when he was drinking coffee in a cafeteria and the cops walked in.
"Sometimes you just can’t figure cops. But once they made their touch, there is no sense running. Try it and you can get shot down. Besides, Cafeteria was a popular place and the owner a swell egg who did not deserve getting shook by a big punch right in the middle of his rush hours."
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Mr. Tom Hi Could you please tell me if the meanings of made their touch and by a big punch in the following lines? Are these set idioms or coinages?
- Mr.
- Tom Hi Could you please tell me if the meanings of made their touch and by a big punch in the following lines?
- Are these set idioms or coinages?
- The following is spoken by an outtlaw when he was drinking coffee in a cafeteria and the cops walked in.
- "Sometimes you just can’t figure cops.
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Mr. TomHi
Could you please tell me if the meanings of made their touch and by a big punch in the following lines? Are these set idioms or coinages?
The following is spoken by an outtlaw when he was drinking coffee in a cafeteria and the cops walked in.
"Sometimes you just can’t figure cops. But once they made the
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0 When was this written? It sounds like the slang of a particular era, maybe the 1930's? 02 br
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00 My guess is that 01 i 00 once they made their touch 02 i 00 means 01 i 00 once they have apprehended (or located) the criminal suspect 02 i 00 , and 01 i 00 a big punch 02 i 00 means 01 i 00 a public spectacle of poli
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00 My guess is that 01 i 00 once they made their touch 02 i 00 means 01 i 00 once they have apprehended (or located) the criminal suspect 02 i 00 , and 01 i 00 a big punch 02 i 00 means 01 i 00 a public spectacle of poli
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0 I agree with Jim, and would just add that "a big punch" probably is a reference a big brawl, or fight. The context suggests that it would only come about if you resisted the "touch" of the police. 02 br
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00 I would only worry about this if you are translating something. It's pretty useless for a modern speaker of English. As you can see, even native speakers are having t
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00 I would only worry about this if you are translating something. It's pretty useless for a modern speaker of English. As you can see, even native speakers are having t
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