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- noun Plural form of
underling .
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Examples
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One was surprised they didn't use the term "underlings."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed John Doyle 2011
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One was surprised they didn't use the term "underlings."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed John Doyle 2011
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The Randian vision of heroic CEOs and useless lackeys and underlings is a bizarre myth with little discernable relation to reality.
The Accountability Problem « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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The most left-wing President in our history, coupled with a core of vengeful underlings, is not a recipe for peace, prosperity and good will.
Stromata Blog: 2008
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The most left-wing President in our history, coupled with a core of vengeful underlings, is not a recipe for peace, prosperity and good will.
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In the Mob, murder by underlings is a common way to die, and if D’Amato swung both ways — which so far I’m not convinced he did — that would be, in the Mob hierarchy, considered a better excuse than most.
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In the Mob, murder by underlings is a common way to die, and if D’Amato swung both ways — which so far I’m not convinced he did — that would be, in the Mob hierarchy, considered a better excuse than most.
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The prime mover of one plot escapes justice completely, and only his underlings are apprehended.
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The prime mover of one plot escapes justice completely, and only his underlings are apprehended.
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Having worked on my share of film and television sets, I can say that nasty, angry, abusive tirades from infantile people towards their underlings is the rule rather than the exception.
That Christian Bale freakout is now the "Bale Out" remix. Ann Althouse 2009
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