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fare

UK/ˈfɛə/ US/ˈfɛə̯/ fairly common slang uk
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.

an agenda of things to do

  • “they worked rapidly down the menu of reports”
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2.
3.
4.

the food and drink that are regularly consumed

verb

1.

proceed or get along

  • “How is she doing in her new job?”
  • “How are you making out in graduate school?”
  • “He”
Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”). Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).

Phrases

  • fare thee well

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