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Meaning: At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane Synonyms: Context examples: stow the luggage aft / ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft / the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about "Only two things in life are certain; death and taxes." (English proverb) "Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself." (Native American proverb, Pima) "While they read the Bible to the wolf, it says: hurry up, my flock left." (Armenian proverb) "Gentle doctors cause smelly wounds." (Dutch proverb)
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