coast

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/kəʊst/]

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1. coast (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.

Example: When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

2. coast (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To sail along a coast.

Example: The Ancients coasted only in their Navigations.

3. coast (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.

Example: Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.

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