Sekirov Dictionary

Hail Mary

noun 2
verb 1
forms 4

noun2

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A prayer, of established or conventional wording, calling for the intercession of the Virgin Mary.
- And if I say ten Hail Marys / Leave a light on in Heaven for me — 1987
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[before a noun] (US, figurative) A risky last-ditch effort with great benefit but little chance of success; one whose success would require divine intervention; a Hail Mary pass.
- Silk Road was, in some sense, a last heave—a Hail Mary in the parlance of Ross's football-mad hometown. — 2015

verb[with oneself]1

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To pray by saying a Hail Mary.
- He Hail Maryed himself to sleep every night and woke up Hail Marying in the morning, and to his amazement and delight it worked. — 2003

forms

Hail Maryed · Hail Marying · Hail Marys · Hail Maries

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