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A measure of length equal to 6 feet. Also: to come to understand.

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  • He had come out to Paris to paint -- to fathom, that is, at large, that mystery; but study had been fatal to him so far as anything
  • As difficult as it may be for many Americans to fathom, that is not the sure fire way to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people.
  • Scoble doesn’t have Squash on his blogroll, so we find it hard to fathom is argument … In related news, Dave Winer hates the Snarks.
  • Now, years later, I kind of fathom the burden thing.
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