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whakareti

1. (verb) (-tia) to slide.

I taua whakahau, kua piri te waewae mauī ki te mea katau, i taua wā anō kua kumea mai te pū e te ringaringa matau, kia piri tonu mai ki te taha katau o te tinana o te hōia, ka whakareti whakararo i te ringaringa katau (HP 1991:113). / On that command, the left leg was moved beside the right one and at the same time the gun was pulled with the right hand so that it was right beside the right side of the soldier's body while the right hand slid down.

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