overthrow
/ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/ verbo B2En español: derrocar, derribar
- To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp. · I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.
He/she/it overthrows · Pasado overthrew · Participio pasado overthrown · Forma en -ing overthrowing
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Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
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“So then,” he exclaimed, turning pale with anger, “seven conjoined and allied armies overthrew that man.
When the tea things were removed, and the card tables placed, the ladies all rose; and Elizabeth was then hoping to be soon joined by him, when all her views were overthrown, by seeing him fall a victim to her mother’s rapacity for whist players, and in a few moments after seated with the rest of the party.
I was very far then from expecting the change you have just informed me of; namely, that four years afterwards, this colossus of power would be overthrown.
You wanted me, I know, to say ‘Yes,’ that you might have the pleasure of despising my taste; but I always delight in overthrowing those kind of schemes, and cheating a person of their premeditated contempt.
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