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Definition: Meaning of, steal in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / stiːl /

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steal stole stolen
Present Participle Third Person Singular
stealing steals
  1. take something [intransitive and transitive] to take something that belongs to someone else
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  2. use ideas [intransitive and transitive] to use someone else's ideas without getting permission or without admitting that they are not your own ideas [=  pinch]
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  3. move somewhere [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move quietly without anyone noticing you [=  creep]
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  4. steal the show/limelight/scene to do something, especially when you are acting in a play, that makes people pay more attention to you than to other people
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  5. steal a look/glance etc to look at someone or something quickly and secretly
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  6. sport [intransitive and transitive] to run to the next BASE before someone hits the ball in the sport of BASEball
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  7. sport [transitive] to suddenly take control of the ball, PUCK etc, when the other team had previously had control of it, for example in BASKETBALL or ICE HOCKEY
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  8. steal a kiss to kiss someone quickly when they are not expecting it
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  9. steal a march on somebody to gain an advantage over someone by doing something that they had planned to do before them
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  10. steal somebody's thunder to get the success and praise someone else should have got, by doing what they had intended to do
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  11. steal somebody's heart literary to make someone fall in love with you
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steal steals
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  1. be a steal informal to be very cheap
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  2. the act of suddenly taking control of the ball when the other team had previously had control of it, especially in BASKETBALL
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  3. the act of running to the next BASE before someone hits the ball in the sport of BASEball
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