noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.
2. 2
   A quotation taken from the main text and given special visual treatment.
3. 3
   A rescue by means of aircraft.

   "If helicopter liftouts and lovers on the lam got the media excited, the film industry wove moonbeams."

Synonyms

All synonyms

pull quotepullout

Example

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"If helicopter liftouts and lovers on the lam got the media excited, the film industry wove moonbeams."

Etymology

Deverbal from lift out.

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