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Meaning of on the grid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

In trouble; in strife or difficulties; at a disadvantage.

Examples

North was on the grid! His troubles arose from doubt as to the soundness of the one spade bid by South.”
“"I never had such a damned unsettled and unsettling affair with a woman. I don't know where the hell I am between what I know you are and what you refuse to be. It's bloody, the way a woman can sustain a situation like this when she knows she's got a man on the grid. Rita, for Heaven's sake stop being a bitch."”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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