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Bigworm Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Put on the block
What does "put on the bock" mean in the following sentence? means "put up for sales"?
What's more, the improving results of Cablevision's core cable business and growth of premium services like high-speed data and Voice-over-Internet fanned hopes that the company would fetch a good price if it was put on the block.
Thanks,
What's more, the improving results of Cablevision's core cable business and growth of premium services like high-speed data and Voice-over-Internet fanned hopes that the company would fetch a good price if it was put on the block.
Thanks,
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-- or perhaps it's just the podium where the auctioneer stands). But the idea here is 'offered for sale', not necessarily auctioned off.
- -- or perhaps it's just the podium where the auctioneer stands).
- But the idea here is 'offered for sale', not necessarily auctioned off.
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Yes: from the 'auction block' (for slaves?-- a platform that the slave stood on for easy viewing?-- or perhaps it's just the podium where the auctioneer stands). But the idea here is 'offered for sale', not necessarily auctioned off.
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