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sue

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1. sue - Noun

2. sue - Verb

3. Sue - Proper noun

Meaning

To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.

To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.

To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.

To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.

To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.

To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.

To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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He was warned that the district attorney would process him Source: Internet

She actioned the company for discrimination Source: Internet

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. Source: Internet

30. Io so che sue dolore ("I know that her pain"). Source: Internet

A civic group, Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP), has threatened to sue the Rivers government for it. Source: Internet

And one of the participants, Sue Strachan, has some sunnier cricket involvement to look forward to as Scotland team manager when Scotland Women take on Ireland shortly, in Spain, in a series at the end of November. Source: Internet

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