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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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What does it mean? "exact a price for ...."

I dont understand what the "exact a price for" in the following sentences... Could anyone let me know the meaning?

When the serious fighting begins, and particularly if Hamas is able to exact a price for Israeli advances, Western allies in the Middle East will find themselves shaken by popular anger.

  

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Hi, I dont understand what the "exact a price for" in the following sentences... Could anyone let me know the meaning? When the serious fighting begins, and particularly if Hamas is able to exact a price for Israeli advances, Western allies in the Middle East will find themselves shaken by popular anger.

— Clive

  • Hi, I dont understand what the "exact a price for" in the following sentences...
  • Could anyone let me know the meaning?
  • When the serious fighting begins, and particularly if Hamas is able to exact a price for Israeli advances, Western allies in the Middle East will find themselves shaken by popular anger.
  • The verb 'exact' means 'demand a price and force someone to pay it'.
  • The idea is that Hamas will try to force Israelis to pay a price.
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Hi,
I dont understand what the "exact a price for" in the following sentences... Could anyone let me know the meaning?

When the serious fighting begins, and particularly if Hamas is able to exact a price for Israeli advances, Western allies in the Middle East will find themselves shaken by popular anger.

The verb 'exact' means 'demand a price and force someone
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to paraphrase the sentence,

if Hamas can retaliate against Israeli invasion of Gaza, .....

or perhaps

if Hamas can kill Israeli troops in retaliation for Israeli invasion of Gaza, .....

 is it correct?
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Hi,
Yes, that's the idea.

Clive
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Thank you very much! Wonderfull!
I ve been thinking about the meaning of this sentence for hours...Emotion: smile
This is a nice forum.
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