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Definition of Sue
Sue

To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.

To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.

To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.

To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.

To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.

To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.

To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.

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Sue Quotations

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."
Will Rogers

I don't know why his lawyers didn't tell him, 'You don't have to answer any questions about your private life, Mr. President. Let them sue you. Take the heat. You don't have to answer.'
Chris Matthews

Even someone who works with me, like this girl who works with me, her name is Sue. She lives with me and holds the fort; she takes care of all these little things. She takes care of the money situation, and I would not be able to live without someone like that.
Caprice Bourret

In France we have a law which doesn't allow the press to publish a photo that you didn't approve. It lets the paparazzi take the picture, but if they publish this picture, you have the choice to sue the newspaper. So me, I always sued them.
Audrey Tautou

That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me.
Kelly Lynch

Sue Translations

sue in Dutch is een proces aanspannen tegen
sue in French is actionnez, actionnons, actionnent
sue in German is verklagen


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