rob the till



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rob the till

To steal the earnings of a shop or restaurant from out of its cash register. Just remember, this place has insurance, so if anyone comes in with a gun looking to rob the till, you don't offer up any resistance, OK? I hear Janet was fired from her last job for robbing the till.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Monet[mɔ:'nei]
HeidiHIE-dee (German, English), HAY-dee (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English
Ted[ted]
ComfortKUM-fərtEnglish (Rare)
Tarik-Bosnian, Arabic
Tzivah-Biblical Hebrew