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toast

UK/təʊst/ US/toʊst/ common slang us
verb (2) noun (4)

verb

1.

make brown and crisp by heating

  • “toast bread”
  • “crisp potatoes”
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2.

propose a toast to

  • “Let us toast the birthday girl!”
  • “Let”
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noun

1.

slices of bread that have been toasted

2.

a celebrity who receives much accalim and attention

  • “he was the toast of the town”
3.

a person in desperate straits; someone doomed

  • “I”
  • “t work”
  • “one mistake and you”
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4.

a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

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Origin

From Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below).

Phrases

  • anchovy toast
  • avocado toast
  • beans on toast
  • brick toast
  • burn one's toast
  • burnt toast theory
  • cheese on toast
  • freedom toast
  • toast up

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