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		| missdaredevil 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:44 pm    Post subject: down |   |  
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				| I will *down* you on the dance floor. 
 I will *outdo* you on the dance floor.
 
 Do they mean the same thing?
 
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		| Mister Micawber 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:55 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| . The first sentence sounds unnatural to me, and I cannot extract a meaning.  If down means kill, then it is inappropriately used.
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