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roust

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roust  (roust)
tr.v. roust·ed, roust·ing, rousts
To rout, especially out of bed.
[Probably alteration of rouse.]
roust [raʊst]
vb
(tr; often foll by out) to rout or stir, as out of bed
[perhaps an alteration of rouse1]
Translations
roust [raʊst] VT (US) (also roust out) → hacer salir bruscamente
roust
vt (US, from home, usual place on street: also roust out) → vertreiben; (= call out) → kommen lassen; to roust somebody out of bed, to roust somebody out → jdn aus dem Bett holen


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And in my book-walled den, the mausoleum of the thoughts of men, I take my drink, and other drinks, and roust out the sleeping dogs from the recesses of my brain and hallo them on over the walls of prejudice and law and through all the cunning labyrinths of superstition and belief.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
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