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

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float like a butterflyTo move effortlessly and in an agile fashion.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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flowing like the gonga.Gonga is a Indian river.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 like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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fly outTo rapidly emergeRate it:

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

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fly outTo become out by hitting a fly ball which is caughtRate it:

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fly out of the trapsto start quickly.Rate it:

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fold upTo go out of business.Rate it:

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follow outTo finish; to complete, especially, of a commitment.Rate it:

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fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on meThis phrase is said in response when someone tries to convince someone to do something again that they have done before that did not work out to their advantage.Rate it:

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foot votingExpressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.Rate it:

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for cryin' out loudDepression Expression of Admonishment, "Oh!, For Goodness Sakes, Why Carry-on Like That!"Rate it:

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for crying out loudExpresses frustration, exasperation, impatience or annoyanceRate it:

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foras exire (Plaut. Amph. 1. 2. 35)to go out of the house.Rate it:

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foras mittere aliquemto turn some one out of the house.Rate it:

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force outTo cause something to be ejectedRate it:

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force outTo create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the groundRate it:

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fork outTo pay out, to hand overRate it:

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foul outAn instance of fouling out.Rate it:

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foul-upfoul-up, has myriad meanings: goof-up, mess-up, turn out high percentage rejects, commit or cause damage, fail to follow safety regulations, fail to supervise, or orient workers properly etc.Rate it:

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found outfound; discovered, revealed or exposedRate it:

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freak outA positive experience with LSD or other psychedelic drug; bummer, bum trip.Rate it:

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freeze outTo forcibly remove or exclude.Rate it:

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fresh out ofOf someone who has recently left one stage of life to begin another.Rate it:

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fuck like a minkTo be extremely amorous while copulatingRate it:

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fuck like rabbitsTo have copious amounts of sex.Rate it:

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fuck someone's brains outTo sexually penetrate (or be penetrated) in a voracious but pleasurable manner.Rate it:

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fugere alicuius conspectum, aspectumto keep out of a person's sight.Rate it:

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full tilt boogieOut of control.Rate it:

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funk outTo back out in a cowardly fashion.Rate it:

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funus alicui facere, ducere (Cluent. 9. 28)to carry out the funeral obsequies.Rate it:

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fuzz outto censor by blurring.Rate it:

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game outTo run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.Rate it:

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game outTo play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more.Rate it:

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garbage in, garbage out(computing, information technology) If input data is not complete, accurate, and timely, then the resulting output is unreliable and of no useful value.1963, Raymond Crowley, "Robot Tax Collector Seeks Indications of 'Fudging'," Times Daily (Alabama, USA), 1 April (retrieved 26 July 2010):Officials explained that the quality of the computer's work depends on the quality of the data fed into it. Neil Hoke, administrative assistant to Stewart, quoted an adage of computer men: "Garbage in, garbage out."2008, Roger K. Lewis, "'In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software," Washington Post, 19 July (retrieved 26 July 2010):The old caveat "GIGO"Rate it:

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geek outTo scare, freak out.Rate it:

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geek outTo enthuse about a specific topic, not realizing that most people listening will fail to understand it.Rate it:

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geek outTo be scared, freak out, panic; to hesitate.Rate it:

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geek outTo do geeky things; to act geeky; to speak of geeky things.Rate it:

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geeze freezeLike when Biden Freezes mid sentence.Rate it:

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genie is out of the bottleInformation has been released that will have ongoing consequences.Rate it:

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genie is out of the bottleSomething has been brought into reality that cannot be eliminated or undone.Rate it:

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