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Our Father

American  

noun

  1. Lord's Prayer.

Our Father British  

noun

  1. another name for the Lord's Prayer , taken from its opening words

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But history teaches the hard lesson that socialism can’t be our father.

From The Wall Street Journal

For us, and for our father, it is about him making one last stand at being authoritative and in control.

From MarketWatch

Our father has never really shared that goal, but agreed to it because he knew doing anything else would likely result in divorce.

From MarketWatch

Related: My stepmother’s lawyer called us ‘greedy’ for fighting for our father’s estate.

From MarketWatch

Explanations from our father were evasive.

From The Wall Street Journal

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