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check outTo leave in a hurry.Rate it:

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check outTo withdraw an item, as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded.Rate it:

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check outUsed to draw attention to something and stimulate excitement about it.Rate it:

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check up onTo examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition; to check outRate it:

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check your attitude (at the door)The speaker is warning the listener that their attitude may have adverse effects and advising that the listener change their attitude. Adding "at the door" at the end of this phrases means to leave your attitude outside/don't bring that attitude in hereRate it:

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check your ego at the door!A direct, crisp, critical rejoinder to another, 'to leave their egoism without the room', {at the door}!Rate it:

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check yourself before you wreck yourselfConsider the consequences of your actions before you end up in trouble.Rate it:

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cherry-pickTo pick out the best, or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.Rate it:

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chestnut(Often "old chestnut") A worn-out meme; a phrase, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.Rate it:

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chew outTo lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke.Rate it:

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chew somebody outTo berate; to shout at someone.Rate it:

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Chew Someone OutTo handle someone roughly and scold them severelyRate it:

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chew the meat and spit out the bonesTo take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicableRate it:

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Chew Your CudTo have a detailed analysis about anything or to think about something in a very deep mannerRate it:

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chicken outlack nerves to actRate it:

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chicken outBack-out of an activity because of fear or other mindless reason. Refuse to keep your word.Rate it:

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chicken outTo shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.Rate it:

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Chickens Come Home to RoostCertain words or actions, which carry evil intentions, always haunt a person - who uses them or carries them outRate it:

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Chill OutCalm down, relax or feel light and relievedRate it:

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Chip on Your ShoulderAlways ready to fight or get in some quarrel or having an aggressive and rude natureRate it:

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choose your battlesalternate form of pick your battlesRate it:

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Christmas graduateA freshman who drops out of college at the end of the first semester.Rate it:

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chuck outTo discard, to dispose of.Rate it:

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chuck upTo chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to jig up, throw up, jack up; to break a contract; to abandon or quit.Rate it:

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churn outTo produce a large quantity of rapidly and easily.Rate it:

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clap outTo clap to the rhythm of a song.Rate it:

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clap outTo remove negative energy from a space by clapping.Rate it:

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clap outTo fail, to stop working.Rate it:

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claustra portarum revellereto break down the gates.Rate it:

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clean outTo clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.Rate it:

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clean outTo empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from.Rate it:

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clean plate clubWhen you have finished eating and there is nothing left on your plate, we say you belong to the clean plate club.Rate it:

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clean upTo become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.Rate it:

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clear outto leave quicklyRate it:

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clear outto become emptyRate it:

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clear outto remove or eject (from), especially forciblyRate it:

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clear outto completely emptyRate it:

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clear the deckMove out of the area of congestion, evacuate an area for safety's sake. Make way for emergency crews, Listen to the Boss.Rate it:

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clear your conscienceAn apology, a return of a book, pay-up on a forgotten loan, an overt action, a harsh, undeserved criticism of a subaltern.Rate it:

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Clip Your WingsTo cut off luxuries and privileges or take away the power and authority enjoyed by someoneRate it:

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clock is tickingTime is running out; a deadline is approaching.Rate it:

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clock outTo transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.Rate it:

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clock outTo officially record a work-termination time for.Rate it:

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clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.Rate it:

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close outOf a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.Rate it:

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close outExclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join.Rate it:

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close outTo terminate a computer program.Rate it:

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close outto terminate; to call the end of.Rate it:

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cold hands, warm heart; dirty feet, no sweetheart!A few old timer's "fun" way to compliment a lady & to find out if she could be courted.Rate it:

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colōnos mittere (Div. 1. 1. 3)to send out colonists.Rate it:

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