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How to pronounce lift
Say it like this: /ˈlɪft/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does lift mean?
verbTo raise or rise.
“You never lift a finger to help me!”
To cause to move upwards.
“Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic.”
To steal.
“Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side, And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride.”
nounAn act of lifting or raising.
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
“He gave me a lift to the bus station.”
A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
“Take the lift to the fourth floor.”
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