Steals

//stiːlz// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The number of stolen bases by a baserunner. informal, uncountable

    "He has 25 steals this year."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of steal form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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bargainbargainriprip offsneaksnitch

Example

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"He who steals a pin will steal an ox."

Related phrases

stolen bases

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