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Stand Deliver Phrase Past Highwaymen Stopped Carriage Road

Phrase/Idiom stand and deliver!
Definition This phrase was said in the past by highwaymen when they stopped a carriage on a road to demand objects of value from the travellers.
Example “Stand and deliver!” shouted the highwayman and the poor man gave him something.

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