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Definition dope in British English

dope verb

[transitive] verb
/dəʊp/
1

to give someone a drug to take away their pain or to make them sleep

Example

They've doped her quite heavily because she was in such pain.

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2

to give a person or an animal a drug so that they run faster in a race

Example

Tests revealed that the horse had been doped.

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Definition dope in British English