- put a dent
- Общая лексика: существенно снизить, уменьшить, ослабить (см. make a dent)
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
put a dent
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make/put a dent — ◇ In figurative use, to make a dent (in something) or to put a dent in something is to decrease something slightly or to make it somewhat weaker. We tried our best to fix the problem, but nothing we did seems to have made a dent. [=nothing we did … Useful english dictionary
dent — 01. I [dented] my car while I was backing up in the parking lot. 02. How did you get that big [dent] in the front of your car? 03. Her son put a bunch of [dents] in their garage door by practising his tennis serves against it. 04. He got a big… … Grammatical examples in English
dent — dent1 [dent] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: dint] 1.) a hollow area in the surface of something, usually made by something hitting it dent in ▪ There was a large dent in the passenger door. 2.) a reduction in the amount of something dent in ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
dent. — 1. dental. 2. dentist. 3. dentistry. * * * abbrev 1. Dental 2. Dentist 3. Dentistry * * * dent1 «dehnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a hollow made by a blow or pressure: »The boys threw rocks that made … Useful english dictionary
dent — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great (esp. BrE), huge, large ▪ real, serious, severe (esp. BrE), significant (all figurative) … Collocations dictionary
dent — [[t]de̱nt[/t]] dents, denting, dented 1) VERB If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it. [V n] A great chunk of loose kerbing smashed into my left front wheel, bursting the tyre and denting the… … English dictionary
dent — 1. noun /dɛnt/ a) A shallow deformation in the surface of something produced by impact. The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car. b) The state of somethings having been partially consumed. Tha … Wiktionary
put — verb express ADVERB ▪ cleverly (BrE), eloquently, well ▪ I thought you put your points very well. ▪ badly ▪ gently, tactfully … Collocations dictionary
Dent. ad scat. — dentur ad scatulam, let them be put in a box …
make a dent in something — make a dent in (something) British, American & Australian, American to reduce the amount or level of something. The roof repairs made quite a dent in our savings. Police efforts have hardly put a dent in the level of drug trafficking on the… … New idioms dictionary
make a dent in — (something) British, American & Australian, American to reduce the amount or level of something. The roof repairs made quite a dent in our savings. Police efforts have hardly put a dent in the level of drug trafficking on the streets. (often… … New idioms dictionary
