Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#4 of the day: SKIRT ‘But both Mr. Chidambarams claims about merit and Mr. Modis arguments about development skirt the real issue. [The sentence given above has been taken from todays newspaper (dated: April 22, 2014)]. ‘Skirt here is used as a verb. It means to avoid discussing an issue, usually because there are difficulties that you do not want to deal with. It also means to lie or go along the edge of something. For example: The police commissioner skirted the issue by saying that a committee was looking into the problem. As a noun, skirt refers to a piece of clothing worn by girls that hangs from their waist down. Interested in CLs products, to know more check here: bit.ly/1mtyHYR
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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