Odd's wouns! it was a proper hunt. Away went my gentlemen, whooping like madmen, with their coat skirts flapping in the breeze, chivying on the dogs and having a rare morning's sport.
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Chivvy
//ˈt͡ʃɪvi//
Synonyms for "chivvy" (14 found)
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Russian
1 entries- досажда́ть verb (to subject to harassment or verbal abuse)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гнати verb (to pursue as in a hunt)
- гонити verb (to subject to harassment or verbal abuse)
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Some customers could now be relied upon to send in their orders regularly and, apart from having to chivy those who had fallen behind with their payments, this allowed travellers to concentrate their energies on securing new customers and on recovering those who had been lost to competitors.
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He headed for home, walking a little faster now, as if chivied along by some old cold wind that didn't quite reach the sunlit world.
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For 11 years now he [Tony Blair] has only one approach – to lead from the front and then to confront, challenge, and chivvy the Labour Party into backing him.
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