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What does Sic mean?
What does Sic mean?
The fastest way to find out about the boomerang is to sic S.T.A.R. Labs on it.
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This is a colloquial phrase. To sic someone onto something comes from the command to sic the dog onto something, to release the dog to chase or to dig or to attack, to let them do the very thing they desire to do! The dog loves to chase a squirrel for instance, so if you sic the dog onto the squirrel you would be sending it out to try to get the squirrel, and it would be excited to go.
The meaning here with STAR Labs is that if you sicced them on it, you would enlist their help and they would go forward with gusto and get the job done for you with speed and a good effort and really get it done!
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To "sic a dog on someone" means to ask the dog to act aggressively or attack that person. Sic means: order them to aggressively go after someone (usually someone who is doing something wrong.)
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I used to hear this word when I was little... to "sic 'em" means to go after someone, agressively.
example: (A) tried to climb a fence into (B)'s yard, so (B) said to his dog.... 'SIC EM!" (meaning, chase him away)
(A) later told the police... "(B) sicced his dog on me. (meaning... that B told the dog to get A)
so it seems that (and I don't understand your sentence), STAR labs will come after the boomerang (in an agressive way).
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This is a colloquial phrase. To sic someone onto something comes from the command to sic the dog onto something, to release the dog to chase or to dig or to attack, to let them do the very thing they desire to do! The dog loves to chase a squirrel for instance, so if you sic the dog onto the squirrel you would be sending it out to try to get the squirrel, and it would be excited to go.
The meaning here with STAR Labs is that if you sicced them on it, you would enlist their help and they would go forward with gusto and get the job done for you with speed and a good effort and really get it done!
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