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scope outTo examine; to scout; to investigate; to check out.Rate it:

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scope inTo look through the scope of a rifle.Rate it:

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creep intoTo enter surreptitiously.Rate it:

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creep upTo advance with stealth, unnoticed.Rate it:

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creep intoTo enter something or somewhere by creeping.Rate it:

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creep outTo make uncomfortable or afraid; to give someone the creeps.Rate it:

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mission creepGradual expansion of the objectives, scope, and/or cost of a military mission without careful planning.Rate it:

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a different ballparkSomething totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.Rate it:

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as far asIn the scope of.Rate it:

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avoir les coudées franches(lit.) To have elbow-room; (fig.) To have full scope.Rate it:

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broad churchA wide scope of philosophies and ideas.Rate it:

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cela fait venir la chair de pouleThat makes one’s flesh creep.Rate it:

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do justiceTo really allow to be apprehended in its full scope.Rate it:

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enlarge upon1. Expend; 2. To make larger; 3. add to; 4. To give greater scope to;Rate it:

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from A to izzardFrom beginning to end; thoroughly; covering the whole range or scope.Rate it:

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gold plateto embellish, to extend beyond its intended scope, especially so as to become stifling, or rigid and inflexibleRate it:

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in the crosshairsTargeted at the point of intersection of the two perpendicular lines in a gunsight or scope.Rate it:

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know no boundsTo be unlimited in scope or extentRate it:

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move the goalpostsTo alter the agreed basis, scope, standards or target of a procedure or task during its course, especially to do so to someone's advantage.Rate it:

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