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Celebrate the last stage of the Tour de France with 'Great Cycling Climbs'. The book presents over 80 of the finest cycling climbs through the French Alps, offering key route guides, statistics, maps, tips and stories for cycling enthusiasts.
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climb

v., climbed, climb·ing, climbs. v.tr.

1. To move upward on or mount, especially by using the hands and feet or the feet alone; ascend: climb a mountain; climbed the stairs.
2. To grow in an upward direction on or over: ivy climbing the walls.

v.intr.

1. To move oneself upward, especially by using the hands and feet.
2. To rise slowly, steadily, or effortfully; ascend. See synonyms at rise.
3. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet: climbed down the ladder; climbed out the window.
4. To slant or slope upward: The road climbs steeply to the top.
5. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.
6. To grow in an upward direction, as some plants do, often by means of twining stems or tendrils.

n.

1. An act of climbing; an ascent: a long, exhausting climb to the top.
2. A place to be climbed: The face of the cliff was a steep climb.

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an increase in a price, number, or amount:

a climb in sth A sustained climb in interest rates could hit some parts of the housing marketharder than others.

idiom:
climb the walls

1. To be anxious or frantic.

[Middle English climben, from Old English climban.]

climb the walls

Show extreme frustration, impatience, or anxiety, as in That long, boring banquet made me want to climb the walls, or If he says that one more time I'll be ready to climb the walls. Although describing a military maneuver dating from ancient times, this slangy phrase has been used figuratively to express strong negative feeling only since about 1970. Also see under drive someone crazy.