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court 1. noun ► hold court in the streetto mete out what a police officer deems justice through physical beatings US, 2001 2. verb ► court Cecilto become addicted to morphine US, 1992
idiomcourt► a full-court presssb holds courtused in order to say that someone has a lot of people around them when they talk, to make them feel important, especially when you think they do not deserve the attention:Dressed in a fur coat, Cindy held court in Molly's Bar, where most people wear jeans and baggy sweaters.He sits at his big mahogany desk, holding court with friends who laugh at his jokes.be laughed out of courtif an idea or story is laughed out of court, people think it is so stupid or unbelievable that they ignore it or think it is funny:Fifty years ago the notion that women should have equal rights in the workplace would have been laughed out of court.If we tell them that we think we saw a space ship, we'll be laughed out of court.Note You may hear people use other words instead of 'court' in order to make this idiom fit a particular situation more exactlyStyles may be similar today, but if we produced clothing made from the same materials as we did thirty years ago, we'd be laughed out of the market. pay court to sbto treat an important person, a company etc with respect and try to please them in order to gain an advantage:It's sickening to see the politicians paying court to voters when they won't keep a single one of their promises.Several larger groups had begun to pay court to the company since it had become successful, but the directors hoped to remain independent.Note In the past if a man paid court to a woman, he showed that he loved her or wanted to marry her by visiting her often, giving her lots of attention, praising her good qualities etc.
See:- (one's) day in court
- a friend at court
- a full-court press
- a kangaroo court
- appear in court
- ball's in your court, the
- be laughed out of court
- be ruled out of court
- day in court, have one's
- friend at court
- friend in court
- friend(s) in court
- full-court press
- full-court press, a
- get (one's) day in court
- have (one's) day in court
- have the ball in (one's) court
- have the ball in court
- hold court
- in contempt (of court)
- kangaroo court
- laugh (someone or something) out of court
- laugh out of court
- laugh out of court, to
- laugh somebody/something out of court
- laugh someone or something out of court
- out of court
- pay court to
- pay court to (someone)
- pay court to someone
- rule (something) out of court
- rule/throw something out of court
- someone's day in court
- stand up in court
- take (someone or something) to court
- take to court
- the ball is in (one's) court
- the ball is in court
- the ball is in someone’s court
- the ball is in someone's court
- the ball is in your court
- the ball is in your/somebody's court
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