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GIGOGarbage in, garbage out. The integrity of the output is dependent on the integrity of the input.Rate it:

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give a man a fishShortened form of give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeRate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something than to do it for them.Rate it:

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give a person lineto allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the lineRate it:

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give it a gotry it outRate it:

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give outto utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report. to give (it) out: to profess, give it to be believed that. also, to give (a person) out to be (so and so)(transtive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to singRate it:

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give outTo announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to singRate it:

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give outTo issue; to distribute.Rate it:

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give outTo put forth, utter (prayers).Rate it:

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give outTo send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.To put forth, utter (prayers).Rate it:

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give someone staticTo chew out; to lecture.Rate it:

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given a basket to carry waterAssigned an impossible or ridiculous task.Rate it:

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go against the grainTo defy convention; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.Rate it:

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go all outTo reserve nothing; to put forth all possible effort or resources.Rate it:

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go belly-upTo fail or fold; especially, to close or shut down a business; to go out of business.Rate it:

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go down like a lead balloonTo be received negatively by others.Rate it:

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go dutchTo pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.Rate it:

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go for the gustoTo give your best; get everything out of life you can get; reach for the goal; have the best experienceRate it:

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go forthTo depart from a place; to set out.Rate it:

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go in one ear and out the otherFailed to pay attention.Rate it:

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go in the out doorTo engage in anal sex.Rate it:

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go madUsed to indicate that the second verb represents an action that is out of character.Rate it:

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go offTo like less.Rate it:

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go on gitleave! short for Go on, get out of here!; the speaker is telling the listener to leave, emphatically; also often said to animals to chase them awayRate it:

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go outTo be turned off or extinguished.Rate it:

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go outTo leave one's abode to go to public places.Rate it:

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go outTo leave, especially a building.Rate it:

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go outTo become extinct, to expire.Rate it:

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go out1922, Alfred Edward Housman, XXVIII, lines 3-4.Rate it:

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go out like a lightTo fall asleep quickly.Rate it:

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go out of one's wayTo make an extra effort.Rate it:

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go out on a limbTo take a risk.Rate it:

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go out on a limbTo hazard a guess.Rate it:

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go out on the townTo party all night long.Rate it:

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go out the windowTo vanish or cease, especially due to lack of care, attention, etc.; to be discarded, disregarded, or ignored.Rate it:

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go out withOften in hopes that the relationship will become more longterm as in definition 1.Rate it:

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go out withDate, be involved in a romantic relationship with.Rate it:

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go out with a bangTo depart from a place or situation in a grand or dramatic fashion.Rate it:

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go out with a bangto end something in an exciting wayRate it:

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Go Over Like a Lead BalloonTo let down and collapse badlyRate it:

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go overboardFall out of a vessel.Rate it:

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go the way of the dinosaursTo go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to go off the firsthand market; to become a thing of the past.Rate it:

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go the way of the dodoTo go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to go out of the firsthand market; to become a thing of the past.Rate it:

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go to sleepAn expression used to dismiss an extremely foolish statement, or to dismiss somebody that one does not feel like talking to.Rate it:

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go to the wallTo make an all-out effort.Rate it:

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go underTo descend into a body of water; to founder.Rate it:

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go up forOf the fielding side, to appeal for the batsman or batswoman to be out.Rate it:

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golden duckThe score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball faced.Rate it:

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gone like hotcakesWent very quickly.Rate it:

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