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take aimTo position oneself and/or one's weapon so as to be aimed specifically at a chosen mark or target (which is indicated after 'at')Rate it:

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take coverTo shelter oneselfRate it:

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take it upon oneselfTo assume personal responsibility for a task or action.Rate it:

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take offTo absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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take sidesTo ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.Rate it:

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take something in one's strideNot to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.Rate it:

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take the fallTo assume blame for oneself.Rate it:

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take to one's heelsTo leave; especially, to flee or run away.Rate it:

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take to the hillsTo flee or vanish; to run away.Rate it:

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take upon oneselfTo assume personal responsibility for.Rate it:

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taking upon oneselfventuringRate it:

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talk to oneselfTo say one's thoughts aloud, particularly while also not conversing with anyone else.Rate it:

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tank upTo intoxicate oneself, especially with alcohol.Rate it:

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tear alongTo run quickly along somewhere.Rate it:

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tear awayTo remove oneself reluctantly; often expressed in the negative.Rate it:

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tempori servire, cedereto accommodate oneself to circumstances.Rate it:

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terga dare hostito run away from the enemy.Rate it:

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terga vertere or dareto flee, run away.Rate it:

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terram suae dicionis facereto reduce a country to subjection to oneself.Rate it:

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thank one's lucky starsTo be grateful, feel oneself fortunateRate it:

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the course of true love never did run smoothThere will always be problems in a relationship.Rate it:

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the shoemaker's children go barefootOne often neglects those closest to oneself.Rate it:

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the straw that broke the camel's backMy patience has finally run out.Rate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stickTry the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isnRate it:

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throw oneself atTo make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get someone's romantic attention.Rate it:

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throw to the wolvesTo sacrifice someone, especially in an attempt to save oneself.Rate it:

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tick overTo run smoothly and without problems.Rate it:

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till the wheels fall offliteral meaning - to drive a car until it won't run any more; figurative meaning - dedicated to the end; indicates relentless effort, commitment to something until it is no longer viable/possible/usableRate it:

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time flies when you're having funTime seems to pass quicker when one is enjoying oneself.Rate it:

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to thine own self be trueThe easiest person to deceive is oneself."This above all:to thine own self be true,and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man." -William ShakespeareRate it:

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tollere or suscipere liberosto accept as one's own child; to make oneself responsible for its nurture and education.Rate it:

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tool upTo arm oneself with a weapon, especially a gun.Rate it:

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toot one's own hornTo promote oneself; to boast or brag; to tout.Rate it:

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top oneselfTo outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best.Rate it:

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top oneselfTo commit suicide.Rate it:

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totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferreto devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state.Rate it:

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totum se committere, tradere alicuito put oneself entirely in some one's hands.Rate it:

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touch clothTo be on the point of soiling oneself.Rate it:

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touch oneselfTo masturbate.Rate it:

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traduci ad plebem (Att. 1. 18. 4)to get oneself admitted as a plebeian.Rate it:

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traductio ad plebemto transfer oneself from the patrician to the plebeian order.Rate it:

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trailer trashDeleted from the movie trailer. Not included in theatrical run.Rate it:

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transitio ad plebem (Brut. 16. 62)to transfer oneself from the patrician to the plebeian order.Rate it:

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turn tailTo flee; to run away; to leave.Rate it:

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tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua reto establish oneself as despot, tyrant by some means.Rate it:

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ulcisci aliquem pro aliquo or pro aliqua reto revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf.Rate it:

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ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquoto revenge oneself on some one.Rate it:

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ulcisci aliquid, poenas alicuius rei expetereto revenge oneself for a thing.Rate it:

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up one's own asshaving an excessively high opinion of oneself.Rate it:

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