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draw outTo use means to entice or force to be more open or talkative.Rate it:

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draw outTo make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend.Rate it:

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draw outTo improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.Rate it:

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draw outTo physically extract, as blood from a vein.Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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drill in and drill outTo work on something for a small time, before ultimately giving up.Rate it:

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drive outOut of somewhere.Rate it:

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drop outPrematurely and voluntarily leave (school, a race, or the like).Rate it:

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drop outUsed other than as an idiom: see drop, out.Rate it:

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drop out of warpDis-engage the cruise control on the carRate it:

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drown outTo cover, obscure, or hide by being louder than.Rate it:

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drum outTo remove, often unfairly, from an organization or position of responsibility.Rate it:

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dry outTo have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed.Rate it:

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dry outTo sober up; to cease to be drunk.Rate it:

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dub outTo fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.Rate it:

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duck duck gooseA children's game where kids sit in a circle facing each other with their eyes closed. One child is designated "it" and walks around the outside of the circle saying "duck" as he/she touches each child's head. Finally, instead of saying "duck" the person who is it says "goose!" then runs forward around the circle and tries to sit down in the spot where the "goose" was sitting. The goal of the game is for the person who is "it" to sit down before the "goose" catches him/her. If he/she does sit down before being touched/tagged, then the "goose" becomes "it" and the process begins again. If the "goose" catches the person who was "it" then the person who was "it' is out of the game and the circle moves in closer/smaller until only one sitting winner remains.Rate it:

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duck outTo move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.Rate it:

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duck outTo depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.Rate it:

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duck outTo depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.Rate it:

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duke it outTo argue heavily or at length.Rate it:

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duke it outTo fight, especially with the fists.Rate it:

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duke outTo fight, especially with fists.Rate it:

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dum vires suppetuntas long as one's strength holds out.Rate it:

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dummy outFrom a video game in the process of localizing that game from a foreign country.Rate it:

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dump outTo discard, to throw away, to toss out.Rate it:

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dump outTo empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.Rate it:

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e pluribus unumA national motto of the United States of America, meaning "From many, one", or "out of many, one", referring to the integration of 13 independent colonies into one country, and that has taken an additional meaning, giving the pluralistic nature of American society from immigration.Rate it:

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east of the grainMaking a big deal out of something little.Rate it:

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eat one's heart outTo feel overwhelming sorrow, jealousy or longing, to grieve.Rate it:

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eat one's youngTo betray a constituent or charge out of self-serving interests or desperation; savaging.Rate it:

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eat outTo dine at a restaurant or such public place.Rate it:

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eat outTo perform cunnilingus.Rate it:

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eat out of somebody's handTo behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.Rate it:

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eat out of someone's handTo behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.Rate it:

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Eat Out of Your HandTo be incredibly supportive to someone; to trust and follow someone without inquiryRate it:

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eat someone out of house and homeC. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II Scene I.Rate it:

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eat someone out of house and homeTo consume such a portion of one's store of food that little is left for the owner.Rate it:

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Eat You Out of House and HomeTo eat and spend everything that other person has in his houseRate it:

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Eat Your Heart OutTo get very disappointed about something hopeless, to get extremely worried and sadRate it:

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edge outTo win in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.Rate it:

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edit outTo remove before publication or broadcasting.Rate it:

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eke outTo obtain with difficulty or effort.Rate it:

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eke outTo supplement.Rate it:

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emery boardnail fileRate it:

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empty outTo completely empty.Rate it:

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empty promiseA promise that is either not going to be carried out, worthless or meaningless.Rate it:

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end upTo conclude, turn out, sometimes unexpectedly.Rate it:

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est-ce qu'elle est belle?—elle est comme il y en a tantIs she beautiful?—Nothing to stare at; Nothing out of the common.Rate it:

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et uxor"and the wife" or "and his wife". It is often used in the context of a legal document to include a man's wife in whatever obligation, ownership, etc. the document spells out.Rate it:

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etc.And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.Rate it:

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