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who has a sporting spirit wins without competing.Sport-inspired phraseRate it:
who knowsA rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.Rate it:
who knowsA rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.Rate it:
who pays the piper calls the tuneOne who pays for something controls it.Rate it:
who shot johnA long and involved explanation; a thing of which an explanation would be long and involved.Rate it:
who watches the watchersIndicating concern as to whether those responsible for monitoring the behavior of others are themselves held accountable.Rate it:
who would have thought itAn expression of surprise or incredulityRate it:
who writes this stuffA rhetorical question commenting on the writing of a book, play, movie, etc.Rate it:
who'd have thunk itWho would have thought that would happen?; Who would have guessed it?Rate it:
who's 'she', the cat's motherA rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman as "she", instead of using her name or an appropriately respectful title.Rate it:
who's 'she', the cat's mother%3fA rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to their mother, or any other woman in the third person, instead of using a properly respectful title or their name when appropriate.Rate it:
who's 'she', the cat's mother?A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to their mother, or any other woman in the third person, instead of using a properly respectful title or their name when appropriate.Rate it:
who's askingUsed to ask a stranger asking a question to identify themselvesRate it:
who's callingUsed by a phone-call receiver to ask the identity of the caller.Rate it:
who's whoA publication containing biographies of well-known or important people.Rate it:
who's whoA list of notable, famous, or upper-class people.Rate it:
who's whoCollectively, the elite class.Rate it:
who's whoA person appearing in a Who's Who publication.Rate it:
who's whoA celebrity or famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication.Rate it:
who's whoThe identities of specific people, understood in terms of such distinguishing characteristics as their backgrounds, prominence, achievements, jobs, etc., as a basis for comparing them and especially as a basis for ranking them within a social group.Rate it:
who's your daddyAn assertion that one is the master in a relationship.Rate it:
who's your daddyA humorous and/or sarcastic statement of superiority over someone else.Rate it:
whoa nellyInterjection. whoa, Nelly. an exclamation of surprise, especially one in response to an unexpected acceleration of speed.Rate it:
whoever has style is never naked.NakedRate it:
whole 'nother ball of waxAn entirely different matter altogether; a separate issue or sub-issue from the topic being discussed, usu. one that would take too long to explain properly; a matter to be dealt with at a later time.Rate it:
whole ball of waxThe entire or overall plan, concept or action.Rate it:
whole ball of waxEverything of a similar or related nature; everything necessary for a particular purpose.Rate it:
whole clothA newly made textile which has not yet been cut.Rate it:
whole clothThe fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.Rate it:
whole clothSomething made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.Rate it:
whole clothin full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additionsRate it:
whole enchiladaAll of something or a group of related things taken in totality.Rate it:
Whole Kit and CaboodleNothing left, ruined, everything is lostRate it:
whole shebangA building or house and everything in it.Rate it:
whole shebangEverything; the entire thing.Rate it:
whole shooting matchEverything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.Rate it:
whomp onTo assail with overwhelming force; to defeat decisively.Rate it:
whomp upTo incite or generate.Rate it:
whomp upTo produce quickly, particularly a meal.Rate it:
whoop assTo beat or strike.Rate it:
whoop assTo defeat in a fight.Rate it:
whoop assTo defeat or excel against in a competitive event.Rate it:
whoop it upTo have a great time; to party or revel excessively or noisily.Rate it:
whoop-assTo beat or strike.Rate it:
whoop-assTo defeat in a fight.Rate it:
whoop-assTo defeat or excel against (someone) in a competitive event.Rate it:
whoop-assAn act of beating.Rate it:
whoop-assA fight.Rate it:
whoop-assStrength or will to fight or compete.Rate it:
whoop-assAlternative form of whoop assRate it:

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