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charm the pants off ofBe very impressed with someone or something that was said or done.Rate it:
charmed lifeA life in which one is always lucky and safe from danger.Rate it:
chase a rainbowTo pursue something illusory, impractical, or impossible.Rate it:
chase afterTo chase someone.Rate it:
chase afterTo pursue someone with romantic intentions; to woo.Rate it:
chase awayto get rid ofRate it:
chase backto chase back those sales lost in previous monthsRate it:
chase downTo pursue and apprehend someone.Rate it:
chase downTo investigate the cause of something.Rate it:
chase offto make someone or something go awayRate it:
chase one's tailTo busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.Rate it:
chase rainbowsTo pursue unrealistic or fanciful goals.Rate it:
chase tailPartner.Rate it:
chase the dragonTo inhale the vapour from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.Rate it:
chase the dragonTo chase after the promise of a continually fulfilling high from an addictive substance.Rate it:
chase upfollow upRate it:
chat upIn a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.Rate it:
che sara saraUsed to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1892 March 17, Cigarette, Rate it:
che sera seraUsed to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.Rate it:
cheap as chipsVery cheap, not costing much.Rate it:
cheap at half the priceSatisfactorily cheap.Rate it:
cheap at half the priceQuite expensive.Rate it:
cheap outTo reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.Rate it:
cheap thrillSomething simple done for pleasureRate it:
cheap-arse TuesdayThe day of the week (Tuesday) when establishments such as the cinemas, restaurants, etc, offer some of their goods and services at discounted prices.Rate it:
cheap-arse TuesdayThe day of the week when establishments such as the cinemas, restaurants, etc, offer some of their goods and services at discounted prices.Rate it:
cheapen outAlternative form of cheap outRate it:
cheaper by the dozenThings are handled more efficiently as a group, rather than individually.Rate it:
cheat onTo be unfaithful to.Rate it:
cheat outTo face or turn toward the audience more than would be natural, for instance in a staged conversation.Rate it:
cheat out ofTo trick into giving something up; to unfairly deprive someone of.Rate it:
cheat sheetA sheet of paper containing notes used to assist on a test.Rate it:
cheat sheetAny summary or quick reference used as a shortcut or reminder, a crib sheet.Rate it:
cheater cheater pumpkin eaterWhen someone is cheating.Rate it:
cheaters never prosperOne does not gain from cheating.Rate it:
check and balanceProvide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.Rate it:
check inTo announce or record one's arrival at a hotel, airport etc.Rate it:
check intoTo formally announce one's arrival at a location or event to a proprietor or employee of that location or event in order to secure admission, accommodations, or other services.Rate it:
check is in the mailA common excuse used by debtors to put off creditors.Rate it:
check offto remove something from a list, by crossing it or otherwiseRate it:
check outTo withdraw an item, as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded.Rate it:
check outUsed to draw attention to something and stimulate excitement about it.Rate it:
check outTo obtain computer source code from a repository.Rate it:
check outTo examine or inspect; to espy.Rate it:
check outTo die.Rate it:
check outTo leave in a hurry.Rate it:
check outTo pay the bill, and record one's departure, as from a hotel.Rate it:
check outTo have one's purchases recorded and bagged at a supermarket, and pay for it.Rate it:
check overTo read and look for errors.Rate it:
check throughTo permit someone to continue onward, e.g. through a security checkpoint, after verifying their identity, tickets, etc.Rate it:

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