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bucket downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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bolt bucketA machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.Rate it:

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brain bucketA protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat.Rate it:

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bucket listA list of things to accomplish before one's death. [Circa 2007]Rate it:

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bucket of boltsA piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.Rate it:

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bucket of militancyFull of aggressionRate it:

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Drop in the BucketAn extremely little, unimportant amountRate it:

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kick the bucketTo die.Rate it:

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a drop in the bucketAn effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.Rate it:

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light bucketNickname for a reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.Rate it:

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bucket listUsed other than as an idiom: see bucket, list.Rate it:

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mercy bucketEye dialect spelling of merci beaucoup.Rate it:

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brain bucketThe skull.Rate it:

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bucket of rustSynonym of rustbucketRate it:

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couldn't carry a note in a bucketnot musically talented, unable to sing.Rate it:

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drool bucketA person with low intelligence or no common sense; an idiot.Rate it:

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drop in the bucketAn effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.Rate it:

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kick the bucketOf a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.Rate it:

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kick the bucketto die.Rate it:

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Kick the BucketTo perish, die or expire, no more aliveRate it:

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two tears in a bucketused to express acceptance of misfortuneRate it:

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argue downTo win an argument, verbal conflict or debate.Rate it:

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blow downTo knock over with an air current, most often wind.Rate it:

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buttoned-downAlternative form of button-down.Rate it:

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chow downTo eat, especially to eat vigorously.Rate it:

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cry downto cry until it is tired.Rate it:

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cut down to sizeDiminish the prestige or exaggerated importance of someone or something to reduce (them) to a suitable stature; To humble or humiliateRate it:

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dampen downto reduce the intensity ofRate it:

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down the drainWasted, squandered; irretrievable.Rate it:

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Down the HatchTo drink something quicklyRate it:

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down to a fine artHaving or showing exceptional proficiency.Rate it:

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down to the wireAt the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.Rate it:

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down with his apple-cartKnock or throw him down.Rate it:

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hands downWithout much effort; easily.Rate it:

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hold downTo restrain; to check.Rate it:

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Look Down Your Nose at SomeoneTo look down upon people, to treat people inferior or lowRate it:

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on the down-lowIn secret.Rate it:

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pin downTo attach or secure with pins.Rate it:

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pipe downTo be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.Rate it:

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play downTo make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.Rate it:

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power downTo switch off.Rate it:

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put down forTo record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something.Rate it:

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put down rootsTo do things which show that one wishes to stay put.Rate it:

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shut downTo close, terminate, or end.Rate it:

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sit downTo cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.Rate it:

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strip downTo remove all of one's clothing.Rate it:

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when the chips are downA difficult situation in which you are forced to decide what is important to you.Rate it:

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boil downAs an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.Rate it:

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come down to earthTo be brought back to reality; to lose one's dreams.Rate it:

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hail downto appear inexplicablyRate it:

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