grant : Idioms & Phrases

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block grant

  • noun a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs
    • block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare
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cary grant

  • noun United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
    Grant.
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direct-grant school

  • noun formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities
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duncan grant

  • noun Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
    Duncan Grant; Grant.
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duncan james corrow grant

  • noun Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
    Duncan Grant; Grant.
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grant wood

  • noun United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
    Wood.
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grant-in-aid

  • noun a grant from a central government to a local government
  • noun a grant to a person or school for some educational project
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granting immunity

  • noun an act exempting someone
    exemption; immunity.
    • he was granted immunity from prosecution
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hiram ulysses grant

  • noun 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Ulysses S. Grant; Grant; Ulysses Grant; President Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant.
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land grant

  • noun a grant of public land (as to a railway or college)
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president grant

  • noun 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Ulysses S. Grant; Grant; Ulysses Grant; President Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant.
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sir frederick grant banting

  • noun Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
    Banting; F. G. Banting.
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take for granted

  • verb take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
    assume; presume.
    • I assume his train was late
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taken for granted

  • adjective satellite evident without proof or argument
    self-evident; axiomatic.
    • an axiomatic truth
    • we hold these truths to be self-evident
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ulysses grant

  • noun 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Ulysses S. Grant; Grant; Ulysses Grant; President Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant.
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ulysses s. grant

  • noun 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Ulysses S. Grant; Grant; Ulysses Grant; President Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant.
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ulysses simpson grant

  • noun 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Ulysses S. Grant; Grant; Ulysses Grant; President Grant; Hiram Ulysses Grant.
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