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Definition: OVER THE BORDER |
OVER THE BORDER1. Across the boundary line or frontier. Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Distance | Adverb: far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond; outre mer, over the border, far and wide, "over the hills and far away "; from pole to pole; (over great space); to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: OVER THE BORDER |
| Specialty definitions using "OVER THE BORDER": Blue Bonnets. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Over the Border (1950) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Poland | This office controls the various Refugee Boards and agencies and has some political control over the border guards. (references) |
Human Rights | Switzerland | In August two police officers from Basel shot and killed Michael Hercouet just over the border in France. (references) |
Somalia | The majority of the rapes were perpetrated by Somali bandits who crossed over the border and a small number were by Kenyan security forces and police. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bulgaria | Village girls as young as 14 years of age have been kidnaped and smuggled over the border. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "OVER THE BORDER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | határon túl (beyond this country), át a határon. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | overay ethay orderbay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-e-h-o-o-r-r-r-t-v" | |
-4 letters: brothered. | |
-5 letters: behooved, borderer, bothered, breveted, deterrer, obverted, overbore, overbred, overdoer, overrode, rebooted, reverbed, reverted, reverter, verderer, verderor. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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