noun
- An advantageous purchase.
- usage: "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
- A stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch. )
verb
- Take without the owner's consent.
- usage: "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
- Move stealthily.
- usage: "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
- synonyms: slip
- Steal a base. .
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