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fade outA type of transition used in movies usually at the end of a scene, in which the transition fades to black from the cut.Rate it:

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fag outTo become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.Rate it:

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faire d'un œuf un bœufTo make a mountain out of a molehill.Rate it:

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faire force de ramesTo row with all one’s might.Rate it:

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faire force de voilesTo crowd on all sail.Rate it:

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faire les cent coupsTo amuse oneself noisily; To play all sorts of tricks.Rate it:

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faire maison neuve (or, nette)To change all one’s servants.Rate it:

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faire tacheto not belong; to stand out awkwardly.Rate it:

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fake outTo deceive, mislead, or trick.Rate it:

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fall by the waysideTo fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out.Rate it:

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fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

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falling outA disagreement; a major difference of opinion.Rate it:

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false alarmA warning sound which turns out to have been erroneous.Rate it:

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fan outto spread out into the shape of a fanRate it:

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Fanny AdamsNothing (sanitized version of fuck all).Rate it:

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far outNew, radical and extreme.Rate it:

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farm outTo subcontract some task to another; to outsource.Rate it:

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fatal attractionAn attraction to someone or something that is so strong, common sense and logic are thrown out in pursuit of the attraction.Rate it:

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feed a cold, starve a feverEating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.Rate it:

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feed out ofTo feed from.Rate it:

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feel outTo try to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means.Rate it:

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ferret outTo discover something after searching.Rate it:

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ficher le campto get the hell out; to get out of here; to bugger off; to scarperRate it:

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field dayTop-to-bottom all-hands cleaning.Rate it:

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fight it outTo fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.Rate it:

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figure outTo come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.Rate it:

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file outTo exit in one or more single file lines.Rate it:

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fill outTo complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.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 fill up; to make full.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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finish withTo put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.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 on all cylindersTo operate as effectively as possible.Rate it:

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fire outto shoot outRate it:

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first of allFirstly; before anything else.Rate 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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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 flake or be flaky: to prove unreliable; to abandon or desert.Rate it:

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flake outTo fall asleep from exhaustion.Rate it:

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

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flame outTo fail, usually spectacularly.Rate 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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