underground movement

collocation in English

meaningsofundergroundandmovement

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underground
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈɡraʊnd/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈɡraʊnd/
below the surface of the earth; ...
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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofundergroundandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Protestantism became anundergroundmovement.
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Every occupied country has still anundergroundmovement.
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Theundergroundmovementwas divided into two parts.
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It seems almost as though there is anundergroundmovement.
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They are not anundergroundmovementin an occupied country.
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We have got some outside information in regard to thisundergroundmovement.
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They were alleged to have been connected with anundergroundmovement.
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Is it not a fact that noundergroundmovementwanted to develop?
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It survived as anundergroundmovement.
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There was a danger that with the assistance of these foreigners an organisedundergroundmovementmight be built up.
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They will not be able to do that if they are cut off from theundergroundmovement.
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It is only one manifestution of anundergroundmovementtaut has been going on for a considerable time.
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The whole point about theundergroundmovementis that it does not agree on fundamentals in the present regime.
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There was also anundergroundmovementby decontrolling item after item, as a result of which prices have gone up.
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It is only one manifestation of anundergroundmovementwhich has been going on for a considerable time.
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This has paved ground for a largeundergroundmovement.
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He must differentiate in this matter between theundergroundmovementwhich existed during the war and the one which exists now.
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I did not say that noundergroundmovementhad been allowed to develop because underground movements, by their very nature, do not develop by permission.
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He is working with anundergroundmovementto achieve that aim.
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It was anundergroundmovementwhose members lived in hiding and distributed political leaflets.
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The book is considered the most comprehensive account of theundergroundmovement.
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Theundergroundmovementcame to light in the fall of 1988.
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I believe it would set up a wholeundergroundmovementin the cigarette industry if we were to try to compel people to stop smoking in this way.
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Theundergroundmovementalso prompted older professional comic book artists to try their hand in the alternate press.
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The majority of rave dances are street dance styles since rave culture is prominently anundergroundmovement.
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