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Brook no resistance

Posted by Smokey Stover on April 01, 2007

In Reply to: Brook no resistance posted by Marie on April 01, 2007

: Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "brook no resistance"?

It's plain English. Look up the word "brook," verb transitive, meaning tolerate, permit.
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