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square peg into a round holeThe phrase is typically said, "You cant fit a square peg into a round hole." Often it is shortened to simply "square peg, round hole." Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.Rate it:

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argue round and roundto talk with many digressions, not about subjectRate it:

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peg outTo move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg awayTo keep working at somethingRate it:

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peg backTo equalize against; to prevent the opposition from winning.Rate it:

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peg downTo fasten something to the ground using pegs.Rate it:

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peg downTo identify clearly.Rate it:

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peg itTo run away; to leg it; to scarper.Rate it:

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peg outTo mark with pegs. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo die. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo finish a game of croquet. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo hang up using pegs. [from 20th c.]Rate it:

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pull someone down a pegTo lower someone's high self-opinion.Rate it:

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take down a pegAlternative form of pull down a peg.Rate it:

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on the squareHonest and open.Rate it:

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square upTo get ready for a fight.Rate it:

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fair and squareWithin the applicable rules.Rate it:

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fair and squareTotally fairly and undoubtedly.Rate it:

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square awayTo finish, complete, tidy or put in order.Rate it:

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square offTo get ready for a fight.Rate it:

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back to square oneLocated back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure.Rate it:

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circle gets the squareAn affirmative response; often used sarcastically.Rate it:

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square upTo pay back money that is owed.Rate it:

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go back to square onerevert to the beginning and start all over againRate it:

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square mealA satisfying meal, especially suitable for one performing physical labor.Rate it:

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Back to Square OneA situation in which, one has to return to an earlier state due to certain drawbacks or failuresRate it:

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be there or be squareUsed to encourage someone to go somewhere.Rate it:

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on the squareon the squareRate it:

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on the squareA discrete, unassuming reference to freemasonry.Rate it:

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square cutcricket strokeRate it:

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square offTo get in the fighting position.Rate it:

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square oneThe place where one begins; a lack of progress.Rate it:

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square roda unit of area used for measuring small quantities of land. Equal in size to a square with sides 1 rod in length. Equal to 30¼ square yards or 1/160 acre. Sometimes known, simply, as a rod.Rate it:

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square rodUsed other than as an idiom: see square, rod.Rate it:

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square shooterA person who is fair, trustworthy, or forthright; a person who bargains or transacts business in a fair, honest manner.Rate it:

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square upTo get in the fighting position.Rate it:

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white holeA theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.Rate it:

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ace in the holeA hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage.Rate it:

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burn a hole in one's pocketTo cause someone to be tempted to spend money.Rate it:

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in the holeHaving suffered net losses; in debt.Rate it:

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rabbit holeA way into a bizarre world.Rate it:

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dig oneself in a holeTo put oneself in even more trouble.Rate it:

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dig out of a holeTo save someone or something from trouble.Rate it:

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drinking holeA bar or other local drinking establishment.Rate it:

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fire in the holean expression indicating that an explosive detonation in a confined space is imminent.Rate it:

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holeAn undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.Rate it:

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holeA chordless cycle in a graph.Rate it:

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holeA weakness, a flawRate it:

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holeIn semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.Rate it:

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holeA container or receptacle.Rate it:

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