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cool offTo decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.Rate it:
cool offTo cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.Rate it:
cool one's heelsTo wait, especially impatiently or restlessly.Rate it:
cool one's jetsTo become less excited, intense, or active.Rate it:
cool story broUsed to dismiss a comment perceived as boring or pointless, or an anecdote etc. that is not true.Rate it:
Cool Your HeelsTo wait for a long time due to some problem, influence or effectRate it:
cooler heads must prevailAlternative form of cooler heads will prevail.Rate it:
cooler heads prevailAlternative form of cooler heads will prevail.Rate it:
cooler heads will prevailPeople who are calm and focused are the most likely to succeed or to have the greatest influence on events.Rate it:
coon eyesThe state of the orbits of the eyes (especially the undereyes) having a blueish-purplish colorationRate it:
coon's ageA very long time.Rate it:
coop upTo confine in a restricted place or situation.Rate it:
cop a feelTo stealthily fondle someone in a sexual manner.Rate it:
cop offto leave school earlyRate it:
cop off withTo successfully engage the company of someone for a period of time.Rate it:
cop onGrow up.Rate it:
cop oneself onto cop on, stop behaving immaturelyRate it:
cop outTo avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.Rate it:
cop-outA person who cops out.Rate it:
cop-outAn excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.Rate it:
cop-outAvoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.Rate it:
cope withTo come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by.Rate it:
copious free timeA hypothetical time set aside for performing time-consuming tasks, however insinuating that the speaker really has no free time.Rate it:
copper beechtreeRate it:
copper-bottomedHaving lower parts made of or covered by copper.Rate it:
copper-bottomedThoroughly reliable.Rate it:
copper-bottomedThoroughly reliable; secureRate it:
coprophagous grinshit-eating grinRate it:
copy typistoffice workerRate it:
corbel outTo furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one below it.Rate it:
cordon offTo protect from intrusion by enclosing in a rope barrier.Rate it:
cork offTo fall asleep.Rate it:
corner the marketTo have exclusive possession; to possess something to a high or excessive degree.Rate it:
corner the marketTo monopolize a resource or commodity, as with the intent of driving up prices.Rate it:
corporate ladderThe hierarchy or ranking system of employment positions within a business organization.Rate it:
corporate welfare bumA business corporation or business executive receiving significant financial assistance from government sources.Rate it:
corporation popWater.Rate it:
correct me if I'm wrongUsed before stating something the speaker believes is true, especially while correcting what another person has said.Rate it:
correlation does not imply causation(statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's child may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.Rate it:
cost a pretty pennyTo be expensive.Rate it:
Cost an Arm and a LegSomething very expensive and not worth the cost in few casesRate it:
cost the earthto be a huge expenseRate it:
cost upto calculate the costs of something.Rate it:
cosy upTo snuggle.Rate it:
cosy up toTo come physically close to, using body language in an attempt to persuade another party to snuggle or embrace.Rate it:
cosy up toTo form a relationship with some one or some thing for the purpose of obtaining some benefit.Rate it:
cotton onTo realize; come to understand.Rate it:
cotton on toTo come to know or understand.Rate it:
cotton toTo like; approve of, accept, or tolerate.Rate it:
cotton-pickingThe harvesting of cottonRate it:

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