What does “strapped to” mean
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This is faster than a cheetah strapped to race car
strapped in the dictionary means short on money but I could not find any relevant explanation in this context
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This is faster than a cheetah strapped to race car
strapped in the dictionary means short on money but I could not find any relevant explanation in this context
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
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This is faster than a cheetah strapped to race car
strapped in the dictionary means short on money but I could not find any relevant explanation in this context
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in context
This is faster than a cheetah strapped to race car
strapped in the dictionary means short on money but I could not find any relevant explanation in this context
meaning meaning-in-context
meaning meaning-in-context
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THEGreatGatsbyTHEGreatGatsby
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
yesterday
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
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Michael RybkinMichael Rybkin
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This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
answered yesterday
Michael RybkinMichael Rybkin
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
answered yesterday
Michael RybkinMichael Rybkin
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
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This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
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Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
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"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
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This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
answered yesterday
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
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"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
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yesterday
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This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
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This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
answered yesterday
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
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"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
– alephzero
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– alephzero
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
yesterday