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CBAInitialism of cost-benefit analysis.Rate it:
CBAInitialism of collective bargaining agreement.Rate it:
cease and desistA demanding that one "cease and desist from" continuing certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.Rate it:
cease and desistTo stop and not resume an action.Rate it:
cease firetruceRate it:
cease to beTo die.Rate it:
cement togetherTo combine permanently, as with cement.Rate it:
center fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:
center fieldThe defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast.Rate it:
center fieldA central role in some activity that requires speed.Rate it:
central dogmaUsed other than as an idiom: see central, dogma.Rate it:
central dogmaThe principle that genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.Rate it:
centre halffootballerRate it:
certificate of heritagehas there been issued a certificate of heritageRate it:
ceterum censeoA formulaic expression used to end a speech by reinforcing one, often unrelated, major view.Rate it:
cha chaballroom danceRate it:
chain reactionA series of events, each one causing the next.Rate it:
chain reactionA nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.Rate it:
chain upTo put in chainsRate it:
chalk and cheeseSaid of things that are superficially alike but very different in substance.Rate it:
chalk offTo record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.Rate it:
chalk outto make (plans); to sketchRate it:
chalk outTo write down using chalkRate it:
chalk upTo attribute, credit, or blame.Rate it:
chalk up toTo attribute or account for something.Rate it:
chalkfaceA musical concept or genre in which music is completely improvised and never played twice. Most often mixing elements of hip-hop, metal, punk and avant-garde jazz.Rate it:
chalkfaceA cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover.Rate it:
champ at the bitTo show impatience or frustration when delayed.Rate it:
champ at the bitTo bite the bit, especially when restless.Rate it:
Champ at the BitTo show sheer willingness to do something or become impatient to begin itRate it:
champagne taste on a beer budgetExpensive wants or preferences which one lacks the finances to fulfill satisfactorily.Rate it:
chance uponto find by chanceRate it:
chance would be a fine thingAlternative form of chance'd be a fine thingRate it:
chance'd be a fine thingGiven to indicate that an aforementioned thing would be desirable but unlikely. Comparable to if I should be so lucky.Rate it:
chances areIt is likely that, it is probable that.Rate it:
change downto change to a lower gear in a vehicleRate it:
change handsTo become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.Rate it:
change horses in midstreamTo change plans or approaches at an inopportune time, such as when an effort is already underway, generally considered an inadvisable thing to do.Rate it:
change of heartA change of one's opinion, belief or decision.Rate it:
change of lifeMenopause.Rate it:
change of paceA shift from one activity to anotherRate it:
change of tackA reversal of an opinion.Rate it:
change of tackThe act of tacking, turning into the wind so the sail moves to the opposite side.Rate it:
change one's mindTo convince someone to make a decision differing from what a previous one.Rate it:
change one's mindTo decide differently than one had decided before.Rate it:
change one's tuneTo reconsider; rethink; to reach a different conclusion.Rate it:
change one's tuneTo change one's story.Rate it:
change overto convert to, to make a transition from one system to anotherRate it:
change sides, change signsA mnemonic indicating that when a value is moved to the opposite side of the equals sign, then the operator is changed also.Rate it:
change someone's mindTo convince someone to make a decision differing from what a previous one.Rate it:

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