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overslaugh

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o⋅ver⋅slaugh

  [oh-ver-slaw]
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–verb (used with object)
to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
Origin:
1765–75; < D overslaan, equiv. to over- over- + slaan to strike; cf. G überschlagen; see slay
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