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To hide in order to attack.

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Usage examples (40)
  • Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
  • There the hot shaft should blast whatever therein lurk'd.
  • Oh, what horrible perils lie in lurk in the languid fields of Erin Township!
  • Euan gives voice to another reason why people "lurk" - or maybe why they never jump into the community in the first place.
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