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31two — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. twin, dual, binary, both, double, bifid. n. Syn. two of a kind, brace, couple; see pair . • in two, Syn. halved, divided, split; see separated . • put two and two together*, Syn. reason, sum up, reach a conclusion,… …
32two-up — A gambling game. Two coins are tossed in the air and bets placed on a showing of two heads or two tails. The two coins are placed tails up on a flat board called the kip. The ring keeper (the person in charge of the two up ring) calls come in… …
33two */*/*/ — UK [tuː] / US [tu] number the number 2 • put two and two together that makes two of us two wrongs don t make a right your two cents …
34two*/*/*/ — [tuː] number the number 2 • in two into two pieces[/ex] The explosion had broken the plane in two.[/ex] put two and two together to guess what is happening based on what you have seen or heard[/ex] …
35two — [[t]tu[/t]] n. pl. twos, adj. 1) a cardinal number, 1 plus 1 2) a symbol for this number, as 2 or II 3) a set of this many persons or things 4) amounting to two in number • in two put two and two together Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE twā (fem. and …
36two-up — 1. noun A game of chance, played by betting on the outcome of two pennies thrown in the air. Syn: kangaroo craps, swei 2. adjective printing two pages of a document on one piece of paper 3 …
37two — Synonyms and related words: biform, bifurcated, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, both, brace, couple, couplet, dichotomous, distich, double, double harness, doublet, duad, duadic, dual, dualistic, duet, duo, duplex, duplicated, dyad, dyadic,… …
38two-ie — /ˈtu i/ (say tooh ee) verb (t) (two ied, two iing) Qld Colloquial to gang up on. {two + ie} …
39two-up — /ˈtu ʌp / (say tooh up) noun 1. a gambling game in which two coins are spun in the air and bets are laid on whether they will fall heads or tails; swy: *He was more Australian than the Australians – used to play two up, drink a fair bit of beer.… …
40two-up — /tooh up /, n. a game in which two players bet that two tossed coins will land either with matching or nonmatching sides facing up. [1930 35, Amer.] * * * …
