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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

pall abroad

It is a remarkable story, but one that will probably soon pall abroad.

What is "pall abroad"?
  

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com, to pall means, 1. to have a wearying or tiresome effect (usually followed by on or upon ). 2.

  • com, to pall means, 1.
  • to have a wearying or tiresome effect (usually followed by on or upon ).
  • 2.
  • to become distasteful or unpleasant.
  • 3.
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According to dictionary.com, to pall means,

1. to have a wearying or tiresome effect (usually followed by on or upon ).

2. to become distasteful or unpleasant.

3. to become satiated or cloyed with something.


pall abroadis not a phrasal verb. Try to think of the story palling once it goes abroad.
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Got it. It sounds so abstract. Thank you!
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I suspect that the writer might be using 'abroad' in the older, formal sense of being talked about or felt by many people (OALD)
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It make sense in the context although I still feel weird as a 'foreigner'...

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