Retrieved
Meaning
of Retrieve
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Examples
Older cliches are retrieved both as inherent principles that inform the new ground and new awareness, and as archetypal nostalgia figures with transformed meaning in relation to the new ground.
I once walked to school in my underpants and a soggy shoe because my shoe flew off into the river when I tried kicking a ball. My brother retrieved it, but then demanded my trousers, because his were soaked.
"I'll reach the ultimate destination, not immediately but definitely!" in Sarakhon (5 January 2021) Retrieved on 5 January 2021.
Water spilled can never be retrieved.
Martin H. Manser (2007). The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs. Infobase Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-8160-6673-5. Retrieved on 22 September 2013.
A cash box containing £12,500 was briefly stolen, but the guard – together with a member of the public – tackled one of the thieves and retrieved the money.