to spar
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5.0
- verb
- /spɑr/
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hacer sparring
- You want to spar with someone?
When I sparred, I did spar by spar with small guys.
- When I sparred, I did spar by spar with small guys.
- Who would you rather spar with, Mike Tyson or Lenny McLean?
- So we, we, we used to spar on a Saturday morning.
- Who would I spar if I could spar?
- I would, I would, I would spar MMA guys, OK, and Muay Thai guys.
- So he offered me to come back because we sparred that night even though I was green.
- So instead we have this one guy and when they let me spar with him, I like, I literally destroyed him.
- And Barry earn, Eddie earns Dad come to the gym to watch me spar.
- I could spar Supreme Patty just as promo and drop the kid because that would just be funny.
- But they want to spar with someone who's excellent in order to, you know, refine their awareness of their own capacity.
- Oh, I mean, I sparred with guys at Marco Hook, Bermain, Stavern quite a few times.
- At the time he's a proper specimen physique and I, I sparred with Frank the fight before he fought Lennox.
Examples
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Before the match, the boxers decided to spar in the ring to practice their moves.
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PK is in the ring getting ready to spar with a well-built opponent.
Fiction book (1992) -
So we, we, we used to spar on a Saturday morning.
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Who would I spar if I could spar?
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- I want you to spar with him.
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So I will put him to spar with the regular class sometimes.
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Would you like to spar with him?
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- Tommy, I need you to spar with me.
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You and Eddie started to spar for a few minutes; Eddie had very fast hands.
Academic text (2007) -
My father bought me a pair of padded gloves and used to spar with me when I was 6 or 7 years old.
Academic text (2009)
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A pale mineral containing calcium and magnesium that people use to make ceramics, get magnesium and improve soil
- Specialized
A clear mineral crystal that splits light into two rays that people use in optical experiments
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Etymology
Spar meaning 'to fight' takes its image from quick, light strikes used in training boxing and was later used for animals too. That's why animals or people 'spar' when they attack each other with short, sharp blows.