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They Often Go Out On A Limb Crossword Clue

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noun

• a disinclination to work or exert yourself

• any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits

• apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

32%9 Tear limb from limb
verb

• separate the limbs from the body

• divide into pieces

32%4 ____ limb from limb
noun

• a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• the act of tearing

verb

• fill with tears or shed tears

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• to separate or be separated by force

• move quickly and violently

• strip of feathers

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New York Times16 Oct 2008 Down 10
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