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Word entry · 5 letters

baulk

Best crossword clue

"Refuse to comply"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bɔː(l)k/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abkluStarts with BEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2A3U4L5K

Definitions

  1. refuse to comply

Used in a sentence

  • 'And am I to plunge a harpoon into that beast!' 'That's your privilege, my son,' said Malone, 'and, sad to relate, unless I give it a miss in baulk, I shall have to be at your side when you do it.'
  • What made those holes and rents / In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to baulk / All hope of greenness?
  • As he talked, slowly, quietly, I had the impression that it must surely be an accident that had happened, but that his mind, unhinged by tragedy, baulked at Anna’s death.

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