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curve ball

 1 noun SPORcuarliathróid  c m u 2 noun (especially US), informal trickbob masc4  c m uto throw sb a curve ball bob a bhualadh ar dhuine, duine a chur dá bhuille

curve

1. noun shape, line2. noun in road etc3. noun MATH on graph4. noun SPOR in baseball5. verb road etc6. verb spine etc7. verb of ball etc8. verb make sth move in curve
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 1 noun shape, linecuar masc1  c m u 2 noun in road etccasadh masc1  c m ucor masc1  c m ucoradh masc  c m ulúb fem2  c m u
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3 noun MATH on graphcuar masc1  c m uto plot a curve cuar a rianú 4 (also curve ball) noun SPOR in baseballcuartheilgean masc1  c m u 5 verb road etc INTRANSITIVEcas verb  c m ucor verb  c m ucuar verb  c m ulúb verb  c m uthe road curves down into the valley casann an bóthar síos isteach sa ghleann 6 verb spine etc TRANSITIVElúb verb  c m ucuar verb  c m ushe curved her back lúb sí a droim 7 verb of ball etc INTRANSITIVEcuar verb  c m ulúb verb  c m uthe ball curved away from me chuar an liathróid ar shiúl uaim 8 verb make sth move in curve TRANSITIVElúb verb  c m ushe curved the ball over the bar lúb sí an liathróid thar an trasnán
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to throw sb a curve

 (especially US), informalduine a chur de dhroim seoilduine a chur dá bhuilleduine a chur ar barr ithreach

to be ahead of the curve

 bheith chun tosaigh  c m ubheith chun cinn  c m u

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