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Meaning of oppo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɒ.pəʊ/

Definitions

  1. A friend, associate or colleague.
    UK, countable, slang
  2. Research into one's opponent's family, friends, and past, which aims to uncover activities or interests which embarrass or discredit them.
    US, informal, uncountable

Examples

“'I suppose you're referring to Fluker,' I told him, and he looked at me in stunned amazement when I explained that he was one of my old oppoes.”
““It's all right, chaps, the decorator's come. This 'ere is me old ’oppo Ginger Vernall.””

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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