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English term or phrase:
circle the wagons
Arabic translation:
أن تتخذ بعض الإجراءات الدفاعية / الوقائية
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hassan zekry
Oct 18, 2010 10:43
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circle the wagons
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Sadly instead of treating this “breaking news” with the caution/contempt, which it deserved, the Government of the day lost the plot and in a knee-jerk reaction, instructed the then NZ Immigration Service (NZIS) to circle the wagons in preparation for an imminent attack by the Forces of Evil.
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| 4 +3 | أن تتخذ بعض الإجراءات الدفاعية / الوقائية |
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| 4 +1 | الانغلاق على نفسها |
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Oct 24, 2010 19:26: hassan zekry Created KOG entry
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أن تتخذ بعض الإجراءات الدفاعية / الوقائية
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Circle the Wa...
Look for protection, get defensive, get ready for an attack; from the old west where the pioneers would circle their wagons for protection from the Indians.
Look for protection, get defensive, get ready for an attack; from the old west where the pioneers would circle their wagons for protection from the Indians.
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الانغلاق على نفسها
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/circle the wagons
circle the wagons
to stop communicating with people not in your group to avoid their ideas or beliefs.
circle the wagons
to stop communicating with people not in your group to avoid their ideas or beliefs.
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Many thanks Abdel Rahim :)
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