labor\ under

labor\ under
v. phr.
To be the victim of; suffer from.

Ken is obviously laboring under the delusion that Jennifer will marry him out of love.


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  • labor under a misapprehension — index err, miscalculate, misconceive, mistake, misunderstand Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • labor under an error — index miscalculate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • labor under — {v. phr.} To be the victim of; suffer from. * /Ken is obviously laboring under the delusion that Jennifer will marry him out of love./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • labor under — {v. phr.} To be the victim of; suffer from. * /Ken is obviously laboring under the delusion that Jennifer will marry him out of love./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • labor under — Synonyms and related words: ail, be affected with, be exposed to, be subjected to, complain of, encounter, endure, experience, feel, feel ill, go through, have, know, meet, meet up with, meet with, pass through, pay, run up against, spend, stand… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • labor under — 1) carry (a heavy load or object) with difficulty 2) be deceived or misled by (a mistaken belief) you ve been laboring under a misapprehension …   Useful english dictionary

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