book in
Britishverb
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to reserve a room for (oneself or someone else) at a hotel
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to record something in a book or register, esp one's arrival at a hotel
Example Sentences
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“If there’s a book in that library that can tell us how to catch monkeys, we’ll catch them all right. Yes, sir-e-e, those monkeys have won the first few rounds, but they can’t win all the time.”
From Literature
Practically everyone had a book in his hand.
From Literature
She had a pencil in one hand and a book in the other.
From Literature
Lauren has also been a staff reporter at Reuters and Newsday, and she is the author of the 2009 book "In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue," a cultural history of frugality and cheapness in the United States.
He expects StarHub’s enterprise-linked investments to boost its order book in 2026 and eventually lead to higher revenue growth from 2027.
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