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reach a critical massWhen one works, reworks, tries every trick in the book, one can attain the verge of an explosion.Rate it:

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mass destructionKilling of large numbers of people.Rate it:

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consume mass quantitiesTo eat or drink abundant amounts of food or beverage.Rate it:

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consume mass quantitiesTo use large amounts of any resource.Rate it:

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mass destructionUsed other than as an idiom: see mass, destruction.Rate it:

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within reachAt a distance close enough to touch by reaching.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo resign near the start for good.Rate it:

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reach for the starsTo have high hopes, to be ambitious.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo be sentenced to death before the age of 18.Rate it:

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reach-aroundA passing style in which the ballhandler performs a crossover step in the direction of the intended pass and then extends his or her arms to throw the pass around the defender.Rate it:

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out of reachThe adult magazines were out of reach of toddlers.Rate it:

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out of reachInaccessible or unattainable.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo die young. To die before the age of 80.Rate it:

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reach at my place fastWe are getting late so reach at my place fast.Rate it:

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reach for the skySurrender !Rate it:

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reach for the star's. but be happy with the cloudsAim high but be satisfied with what you achieveRate it:

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reach outTo attempt to initiate communication with someone.Rate it:

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reach outTo make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.Rate it:

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reach outTo ask for help.Rate it:

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reach outTo extend one's hand forward.Rate it:

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reach pastTo extend beyond.Rate it:

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reach-aroundAn ostensibly thoughtful gesture, especially one performed to win favour or mitigate unfair treatment.Rate it:

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reach-aroundManual stimulation of a sexual partner's genitals during anal or vaginal intercourse from behind.Rate it:

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within reachNear (to); close (to); at a close distance (to).Rate it:

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bigger fish to fryA higher valued result or target to reach.Rate it:

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come to termsTo reach an agreement or settle a dispute.Rate it:

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Hitch Your Wagon to a StarTo reach at the top of something, to have high aims and ambitionsRate it:

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in dire straitsIn a very bad, extremely difficult, serious, challenging, unforgiving, desperate, critical, or precarious situationRate it:

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in silicoalluding to the mass use of silicon for semiconductor computer chips, is an expression used to mean "performed on computer or via computer simulation."Rate it:

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in the woodsIn critical condition; near death's door.Rate it:

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name of the gameThe essential element (needed to reach the principal goal or objective); the overall purpose.Rate it:

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tiger teamAn engineering or other group assembled to tackle especially difficult or critical problems, often outside the normal chain of command.Rate it:

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when push comes to shoveWhen the pressure is on; when the situation is critical or urgent; when the time has come for action, even if it is difficult.Rate it:

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X factorThe proportionality constant which converts CO emission line brightness to molecular hydrogen mass.Rate it:

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run toTo reach the limit of one's abilities or tastes.Rate it:

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run toTo reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.Rate it:

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argue outTo discuss to reach an agreed conclusion, or decision.Rate it:

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arrive atTo reach.Rate it:

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bury the hatchetTo stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.Rate it:

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cube outTo reach the volume limit of a container.Rate it:

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drive inTo hit the ball or reach base in such a way that a run scores.Rate it:

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only the tip of the icebergTip of the iceberg speaks to the relative size of an Atlantic iceberg as the exposed tip above the seas' surface is only one eighth of the actual vertical size of the entire mass. Seven eighths of the ice is below the sea level.Rate it:

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under a cloudUnder suspicion; subject to critical inspection.Rate it:

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a camel is a horse designed by a committeeAn expression critical of committeesRate it:

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the sky is the limitNothing is impossible or out of reachRate it:

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big upTo increase one's muscle mass through exercise.Rate it:

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Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the BushIt is better to remain satisfied with what you have earned or you have got, rather than craving for what is out of reach or difficult to get hold ofRate it:

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bones to the late comersIf you are invited to a party (marriage /dinner /lunch) and you happen to reach there late, only the bones that are left by the people who arrived earlier than you, will be waiting for you.Rate it:

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fail overTo automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.Rate it:

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make peaceTo end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement.Rate it:

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