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noun vegetable ADJ. raw | baby | diced, grated VERB + CARROT eat, have | cook, prepare | peel, scrape | chop, dice, grate CARROT + NOUN top | cake | juiceFOOD sth attractive offered to sb VERB + CARROT dangle, hold out, offer (sb) They dangled the carrot of a large salary in front of me. PHRASES a carrot and stick to adopt the carrot-and-stick approach (= to persuade sb to try harder by offering them a reward if they do, or a punishment if they do not)
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