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- Use of hill to die on - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
[Noun phrase]: hill to die on (plural hills to die on) (idiomatic usage): An issue to pursue with wholehearted conviction and or single-minded focus, with little or no regard to the cost Etymology: an allusion to the military practice of capturing holding a hill (high ground), no matter the cost or (lack of) benefit, as in the Battle of
- Granite Hill Lake - PK Resort | Michigan Sportsman Forum
We are very experienced fly-in fishermen and there were others in camp that were not catching fish We caught around 200 walleyes for the week which we thought was slow and most were undersized In fairness August fishing is generally slower We also fished the lakes adjoining Granite Hill with no success View attachment 320579 View attachment
- “peak” vs “summit” - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The OED defines summit, in its topological sense, as ‘the topmost point or ridge of a mountain or hill’ For a peak it gives ‘the pointed top or summit of a mountain; a mountain or hill having a more or less pointed summit, or being conical in form ’ There is a clear difference here: peaks can be summits, but not all summits are peaks
- Calling All Fruit Tree Addicts Blue Hill Nursery Is Taking Orders
Just a shout out Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery is already taking orders for next year for you addicts Usually Ryan doesn’t take orders until the end of August Hard to find varieties are available before it hits all the internet It looks like he has a bumper crop
- What is the origin of the phrase A Mountain Im Willing to Die On?
Although the heavily fortified Hill 937 was of little strategic value, U S command ordered its capture by a frontal assault The hill was finally taken at the cost of 72 Americans killed and 372 wounded Losses on the North Vietnamese side are estimated at more than 630 dead
- Blue Hill fruit trees - Michigan Sportsman Forum
I ordered (7) from Blue Hill in the fall of 2022 and all trees are doing great with above average growth on my property I ordered (4) more this year: (1) Candy crab, (1) Turning Point crab, (1) Big dog crab, (1) Hunters deer pear $47 freight for me 2023 and $40 freight in 2022
- Blue Hill Nursery Trees | Michigan Sportsman Forum
Blue Hill has leftover trees available if anyone is still looking, some marked down to $20 for 2 year old trees Min of (4) trees per order View attachment 1015307
- A word for reaching the top of a hill or mountain
John D's suggestion of 'summit' is not incorrect, however I would avoid its use when talking about a hill or mountain as you might end up repeating the word (to summit the summit) Instead, I'd recommend the use of the transitive verb surmount with much the same meaning
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