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Definition: (noun) excessive concern with oneself; conceit.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition, contains three kinds of entries introduced by boldface headwords: main entires having synonym lists; subentries that consist either of a word spelled the same as the headword but with a different part of speech, or of a two-word verb derived from a single-word verb; and cross-reference entries from variant spellings to main entries:
fall
VERB: 1. To take place at a set time: come, occur. See HAPPEN.
PHRASAL VERB: fall down 1. Informal: To be unsuccessful: choke, fail, fall through. Informal: flop. Slang: bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See THRIVE.

fall down
VERB: 1. See FALL


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