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spear
(redirected from spearlike)

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spear something out (of something)
to bring something forth from something by sticking it with something sharp and pulling. Richard spears pickles right out of the jar with a fork. He speared out a pickle.
See also: out

take the spear (in one's chest)

Sl. to accept full blame for something; to accept the full brunt of the punishment for something. The CFO got the short straw and had to take the spear in his chest. I sure didn't want to take the spear.
See also: take
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He recalled swallowing a spearlike mixeddrink plastic sword pick.
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Then they broke off twigs and leaves and often peeled off the bark to make the branches more spearlike.
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In these cases, individual chimps made spearlike tools out of tree branches and then thrust the implements into cavities in hollow tree trunks and branches where bush babies sleep during the day.
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