See Also: thrust(2)(dictionary)
out-thrust(dictionary)
Thrust(medicine)
thrust(1)(dictionary)
tongue thrust(medicine)
thrust 1, verb(dictionary)
thrust 2, noun(dictionary)
Thrust - Synchro Swimming(gambling)
walk(1)(dictionary)
walk(2)(dictionary)

walk of life (oh) and thrust(2) (iou)


walk of life (oh)



n [C]
the position in society someone has, especially the type of job they have
from every walk of life/from all walks of life
::Our volunteers include people from all walks of life.

thrust(2) (iou)



thrust verb. Pa. t. & pple thrust. ME.
[Old Norse Trsta, which has been referred to Indo-European, whence Latin trudere thrust.]
I.
a. verb trans. Exert physical force on or against (a body) so as to move it aside or away; shove, drive. Freq. with adverb or adverbial phr. ME.
C. Odets The door..is suddenly violently thrust open.
b. verb trans. transf. & fig. Compel (a person etc.) to confront something, give way, move aside, etc.; (foll. by out) expel, eject. Freq. with adverbs & prepositions. ME.
H. Guntrip We have been thrust up against..fundamental problems.
c. verb intrans. Push against something; make a thrust. (lit. & fig.). ME.
verb intrans. Come together with force of impact; collide. rare. ME-E16.
a. verb intrans. Make one's way forcibly or advance as through a crowd or against obstacles; crowd in; press onwards. LME.
Sir W. Scott She thrust in between them. J. M. Coetzee Our soldiers have thrust deep into the enemy's territory.
b. verb trans. Press closely about; jostle. LME-M17.
c. verb trans. Pack (objects) into a confined space; fill (a space) tightly; cram. rare. LME-E17.
verb trans. Compress, squeeze; (obsolete exc. Scot.). Now esp. press (cheese). Cf. THRUTCH verb 1. LME.
II.
verb trans.
a. Push with a sudden impulse or with force; cause to pierce or penetrate; place (something) forcibly or suddenly into a person's hand etc. ME.
W. S. Maugham The knife had been thrust into his back. R. Park Carrie thrust a stack of plates into her daughter's hands.
b. Extend or push (part of the body etc.) into somewhere or something; extend forward or throw out (a root, branch, spur of land, etc.) so as to project. LME.
A. Cross She had stood with her hands thrust into her coat pockets. Scuba Times Diamond Rock thrusts its..summit sixty feet out of the water.
a. verb trans. Strike with a pushing action; stab or pierce (a person etc.) with a pointed weapon or instrument. LME-L18.
b. verb intrans. Pierce, stab; make a thrust or sudden lunge with a pointed weapon. L16.
W. S. Churchill The troopers turned upon him thrusting with their lances.
III.
verb trans. fig. Force (a person) into some condition or course of action; refl. plunge oneself rashly into a situation. Also (rare), place (something) inappropriately or irregularly into some position; (foll. by in) introduce irrelevantly. LME.
verb trans.
a. Impose (a person, oneself) on others; enforce acceptance of (a person, oneself) in an office, position, or condition, or under certain circumstances. Freq. foll. by on, into, upon. M16.
W. K. Kelly A candidate..would be thrust upon them by the Centre. W. Golding The man surely will not have the impertinence to thrust himself on me.
b. Press, enforce, or impose the acceptance of (something) on or upon a person. L16.
thrust down a person's throat: see THROAT noun.
A. N. Wilson Hilaire and Marie were upset by..another new way of life having been thrust upon them.
thrusting noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) in pl., white whey, thrutchings: LME.