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work on a rack; "rack leather" put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera" fly in high wind draw off from the lees; "rack wine" stretch to the limits; "rack one''s brains" a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block torture on the rack rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims framework for holding objects a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" run before a gale go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" torment emotionally or mentally |
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