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Call Your BluffTo challenge someone to prove his claim; to ask someone to complete a threatRate it:

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calling cardAn attribute, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.Rate it:

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calm your titsCalm down! (Used to tell someone to relax when they are agitated, angry, overexcited, etc.)Rate it:

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cambio y cortoover and outRate it:

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cambio y fueraover and outRate it:

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camp outTo wait in a spot for something expected to occur.Rate it:

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camp outTo sleep outdoors, often in a tent.Rate it:

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can I use your phoneIndicates that the speaker wants to communicate with someone via the interlocutor's telephone, if it is available.Rate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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cancel outTo neutralize the effect of something.Rate it:

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candle in the windA fragile or vulnerable thing, likely to be put in jeopardy.Rate it:

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capere aliquem vivumto take a person alive.Rate it:

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captatio benevolentiaeUsed rhetorically to seek to win someone's sympathy or support by showing respectRate it:

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carry awayTo break under sudden pressure of violent wind.Rate it:

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carry forwardThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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carry onTo take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.Rate it:

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carry outTo hold while moving something out.Rate it:

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carry outTo fulfill.Rate it:

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carry overThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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carry someone's waterTo do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests.Rate it:

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carry the canTo take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation.Rate it:

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cart awayTo remove someone difficult or troublesome.Rate it:

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cart awayTo take something away in order to dispose of it; to remove a large volume of materials.Rate it:

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cart offto transport (someone), especially someone who is incapable of movementRate it:

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carve outTo hollow by carving.Rate it:

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carve outTo create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.Rate it:

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cash cowSomeone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker.Rate it:

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cash outTo explain what is entailed by an idea or proposition.Rate it:

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cash outTo exchange possession of any commodity or idea for cash.Rate it:

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cash outTo retire; to exchange gambling chips for money when finished gambling.Rate it:

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cash outTo reconcile at the end of a shift; to compare receipts of items sold to records of credit card, check and cash placed into the drawer, verifying that correct change was given out by the clerk.Rate it:

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casser les piedsannoy someone.Rate it:

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cast outTo drive out; to expel.Rate it:

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Cast the First StoneTo be first to blame or criticize someone, to lead the scolding over offenderRate it:

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castra metari (B. C. 3. 13)to mark out a camp.Rate it:

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cat got someone's tongueWhy are you not saying anything?.Rate it:

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catch nappingTo surprise; to take advantage of the lack of watchfulness of.Rate it:

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catch outTo discover or expose as fake or insincere.Rate it:

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catch outTo put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.Rate it:

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catch someone nappingTo take advantage of someone's inattention.Rate it:

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catch someone red-handedTo discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.Rate it:

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Catch Someone Red-HandedTo get hold of a person or situation, while a wrong act is being carried outRate it:

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catch someone with one's hand in the cookie jarTo catch someone taking something that he or she is not entitled to.Rate it:

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catch someone's driftIf you catch someone's drift (or get someone's drift) it means you understand what they mean; this phrase is used especially when you want to get an idea across to someone but you don't want to exactly speak the words you mean or if you think the listener may be confused about what you meanRate it:

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catch someone's eyeTo capture someone's attention.Rate it:

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Catch You LaterTo say farewell to someone for a short time-period or just a simple good byeRate it:

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catmeatSomeone who has been badly beaten.Rate it:

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causam popularem suscipere or defendereto take up the cause of the people, democratic principles.Rate it:

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ce sont des finesses cousues de fil blancThose tricks are easily found out.Rate it:

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ce sont les paresseux qui font le plus de cheminLazy people take the most pains.Rate it:

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