Bar Definition
Except, with the exception of.
- In prison.
- in prison or jail
- to die
- raise (or lower) a limit, standard, etc.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bar
- behind bars
- behind bars
- cross the bar
- raise (or lower) the bar
Origin of Bar
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From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Frankish *bara (“bar, beam, barrier, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *barō (“beam, bar, barrier”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰAr- (“log, board, plank”). If so, then cognate with Old High German para, bara (“bar, beam, one's cherished land”), Old Frisian ber (“attack, assault”), Swedish bärling (“a spoke”), Norwegian berling (“a small bar in a vehicle, rod”), Latin forus (“gangway, plank”), Russian забо́р (zabór, “fencing, paling, fence”), Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros, “piece of land, furrow, marker, beacon, lighthouse”).
From Wiktionary
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Greek baros weight gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek βάρος (baros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.
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Middle English barre from Old French barre
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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