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nounPlural oppos ˈɒpəʊˈɑpoʊ British informal A colleague or friend. 〈英,非正式〉同事,朋友 Example sentencesExamples - The story line has Carlyle fighting for survival in MI5 after a row with her oppo in France.
- My oppo, Mike goes into the machine room and fires up the console on the server.
- However, she was caught one night after hours trying to get back into barracks - her oppo had failed to unlatch the window.
- David told his oppo he had already gone to the top, and when his mate called his bluff he had to climb to the button to save face.
- We could have stayed longer but we had some oppos waiting shoreside and they wanted to continue the dockyard tour.
- At length my old mate rolls up with oppo in tow.
Synonyms companion, boon companion, bosom friend, best friend, close friend, intimate, confidante, confidant, familiar, soul mate, alter ego, second self, shadow, playmate, playfellow, classmate, schoolmate, workmate, ally, comrade, associate
Origin1930s: abbreviation of opposite number. nounPlural oppos ˈɒpəʊˈɑpoʊ US they are doing extensive oppo, looking over her public financial records, getting copies of her divorce papers short for opposition research Example sentencesExamples - There needs to be greater integration between these campaigns and online volunteers, doing oppo and raising cash.
- The election was only on Sunday but already these oppo guys are at each other's throats.
- They are so scared of her that they are doing oppo on her.
- Since he's only been in the Senate five years, the GOP oppo team will have less of a record to mine.
- The nasty secret of the elections is undoubtedly the enormous growth in the past four years of the people who "do oppo".
nounˈäpōˈɑpoʊ British informal A colleague or friend. 〈英,非正式〉同事,朋友 Example sentencesExamples - We could have stayed longer but we had some oppos waiting shoreside and they wanted to continue the dockyard tour.
- My oppo, Mike goes into the machine room and fires up the console on the server.
- The story line has Carlyle fighting for survival in MI5 after a row with her oppo in France.
- At length my old mate rolls up with oppo in tow.
- However, she was caught one night after hours trying to get back into barracks - her oppo had failed to unlatch the window.
- David told his oppo he had already gone to the top, and when his mate called his bluff he had to climb to the button to save face.
Synonyms companion, boon companion, bosom friend, best friend, close friend, intimate, confidante, confidant, familiar, soul mate, alter ego, second self, shadow, playmate, playfellow, classmate, schoolmate, workmate, ally, comrade, associate
Origin1930s: abbreviation of opposite number. nounˈäpōˈɑpoʊ US they are doing extensive oppo, looking over her public financial records, getting copies of her divorce papers short for opposition research Example sentencesExamples - The election was only on Sunday but already these oppo guys are at each other's throats.
- There needs to be greater integration between these campaigns and online volunteers, doing oppo and raising cash.
- Since he's only been in the Senate five years, the GOP oppo team will have less of a record to mine.
- They are so scared of her that they are doing oppo on her.
- The nasty secret of the elections is undoubtedly the enormous growth in the past four years of the people who "do oppo".
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