Phrases related to: placing

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homeless dumping	The practice of hospital employees or emergency workers releasing homeless patients on the streets instead of placing them into the custody of a relative or shelter or retaining them in a hospital where they may require expensive medical care.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
adopt out	To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
box in	To immobilize something, usually a vehicle, by placing obstacles, usually other vehicles, obstructing the free movement	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lay down	To give up, surrender, or yield , usually by placing it on the ground.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make book	To gamble, either by placing or taking bets.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
park the bus	To attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
potato skins	An appetizer made by halving a baked potato, scooping out most of the inside, mixing that with cheese, sour cream, and chives and placing that mixture back into the potato skin then baking until crisp.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
two cents	A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)