Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See aston.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To stun.

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Examples

  • Tiibeti osas torkab mulle silma Dalai Lama avaldus, nimelt "kui rahutused väljuvad kontrolli alt ja vägivald suureneb, siis ma astun tagasi".

    tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2008

  • Ma koristasin Antslas ja taipasin, et iga kord kui ma astun elutuppa haarab mind korraks kurbusevoog, sest see on koht, kus õhtuti kõik toimus.

    tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2006

  • Police shot Hatchel Pate Adams III twice with astun-gun - typically a non-lethal weapon - after officers said he went after them with a sword in his home.

    The Shad Plank 2010

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