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fill outTo fill up; to make full.Rate it:

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fill outTo have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.Rate it:

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fill outTo complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.Rate it:

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film outTo transfer images or animation from videotape or digital files to a traditional celluloid film print.Rate it:

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filter outTo selectively remove part of something.Rate it:

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find outlearnRate it:

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find outTo discover, as by asking or exploring.Rate it:

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fink outTo avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.Rate it:

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fire hoseA hose used to deliver water in case of fire.Rate it:

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fire outto shoot outRate it:

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fish for complimentsTo try to induce someone to make a compliment.Rate it:

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fish glassViewing device with glass at one end for surface-viewing of fish underwater.Rate it:

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fish in troubled watersTo take advantage from a chaotic situation.Rate it:

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fish killAn underwater anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populationsRate it:

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fish killUsed other than as an idiom: see fish, kill.Rate it:

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fish or cut baitTo choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide; do something constructive, but don't just do nothingRate it:

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Fish or Cut BaitEither do something or let others do without delaying, to finally make a choiceRate it:

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fish outTo deplete the supply of fish in a given body of water.Rate it:

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fish out of waterA person in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings.Rate it:

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Fish Out of WaterTo feel uncomfortable and out of place while adjusting in a place or situationRate it:

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fish to fryA matter to attend to.Rate it:

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fish-eating grinA broad smile indicating self-awareness that may suggest self-satisfaction, smugness, discomfort, or embarrassment.Rate it:

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fishtailThe tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.Rate it:

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fit outTo provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out.Rate it:

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fit upTo furnish with suitable things; to prepare; to fit out.Rate it:

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fizzle outTo lose excitement, to become less exciting.Rate it:

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flake outTo fall asleep from exhaustion.Rate it:

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flake outTo flake or be flaky: to prove unreliable; to abandon or desert.Rate it:

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flame outburn up, fire up, flame up, flare upRate it:

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flame outOf processes and equipment involving combustion, to fail due to extinction of flame.Rate it:

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flame outTo fail, usually spectacularly.Rate it:

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flare upTo burst out suddenly, as in anger.Rate it:

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flat outCompletely out of something such as; energy, food or money. Basically to be out of any kind of product.Rate it:

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flat outAt top speed.Rate it:

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flat outBluntly, no holds barred.Rate it:

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flatten outTo make flat.Rate it:

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flatten outTo become more even.Rate it:

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flesh outTo complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure or skeleton.Rate it:

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fling outTo become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.Rate it:

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flip outTo become very angry or upset.Rate it:

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flip your lidTo verbally lash-out, explode, emotionally blow-up, lose control of one's self.Rate it:

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flip-outOne flips-out in becoming hysterical, extremely illogical, unreasonable, disoriented, discontented, or uncontrollable.Rate it:

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flog a dead horseTo attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.Rate it:

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flog a dead horseTo attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more.Rate it:

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fluff outTo plump upRate it:

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flunk outOften requiring a retaking of the course or academic year.Rate it:

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flush outTo flesh out.Rate it:

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flush outTo drive out or expose something or someone.Rate it:

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flush outUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see flush,‎ out.Rate it:

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fly outTo travel rapidly to a destination, typically on an airplaneRate it:

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