Meaning of DIE HARD
| Pronunciation: | | dI hârd
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- [v] cease slowly; "Old habit die hard"
- [v] continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
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| | Synonyms: | | endure, persist, prevail, run |
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| | See Also: | | carry over, cease, continue, end, finish, reverberate, stop, terminate | |
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| | Definition: | | Die Hard
High above the city of L.A. team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages and declared war. But when one man has managed to escape detection...an off-duty cop. He's alone...tired...and the only chance anyone has. Bruce Willis stars as New York City Detective John McClane, newly arrived in Los Angeles to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia). But as McClane waits for his wife's office party to break up, terrorists leader, Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his savage henchman (Alexander Godunov) round up hostages, McClane slips away unnoticed. Armed with only a service revolver and his cunning, McClane launches his own one-man war. A crackling thriller from beginning to end, "Die Hard" explodes with heart-stopping suspense. more details ... |
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| | Related Terms: | | backward, balk, be determined, be in earnest, be resolved, buckle down, buckle to, conservative, cross the Rubicon, die fighting, die game, die in harness, fogyish, go for broke, hold out, mean business, never say die, nonprogressive, not back down, not budge, not give up, not submit, old-fashioned, old-fogyish, old-line, opposed to change, orthodox, persevere, preservative, reactionary, reactionist, remain firm, right, right of center, right-wing, stand fast, stand out, stand pat, standpat, stay it out, stick, stick fast, stick it out, stickle, take no denial, take the plunge, tory, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unprogressive |
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