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find one's placeTo discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.Rate it:

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find oneselfTo unexpectedly or unintentionally begin to do or experience something.Rate it:

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find oneselfTo discover oneself to be in a particular place.Rate it:

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find oneselfTo be in a particular state of mind.Rate it:

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find oneselfTo learn, or attempt to learn, what kind of person one is and what one wants in life.Rate it:

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finders keepersThe doctrine that whoever finds something is allowed to keep itRate it:

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finders, keepersWhoever finds something is allowed to keep it.Rate it:

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fine feathers make fine birdsSomething that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.Rate it:

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fine words butter no parsnipsTalking about doing something does not get it done.Rate it:

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fingernails on a chalkboarda phrase used to liken the sharp or shrill sound that is made when fingernails are scratched across a chalkboard to something that sounds sharp or shrill like thatRate it:

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fire in the bellyThe emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.Rate it:

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firm upTo make tentative plans more definite.Rate it:

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firm upTo make muscles more toned through physical exercise.Rate it:

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fish for complimentsTo try to induce someone to make a compliment.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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fit inmake time or spaceRate 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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flash backTo recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.Rate it:

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Flash in the PanSomething or someone getting success for a brief time, a person failed to maintain his earlier reputationRate 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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flatten outTo make flat.Rate it:

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flavor of the weekA fad; someone or something that is held in esteem or receives attention for a short amount of time.Rate it:

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flip of a dimedoing something really fast, that it's done in a small amount of time like, flip of a dime.Rate it:

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flip offTo make a rude or obscene gesture at someone.Rate it:

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flip the birdTo make a rude or obscene gesture; particularly, to extend the middle finger.Rate it:

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flipsideA necessary consequence or corollary of something; especially one seen as opposite, or as pro versus con.Rate it:

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float someone's boatTo interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.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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flower of the flockSomething exceedingly good or the best of its type.Rate it:

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flub upTo make a mistake; to botch or mess up.Rate it:

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fluff upTo make a gaffe or blunder.Rate it:

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

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fly in the ointmentSomething which ruins or spoils everything else; a nuisance or problem; an unpleasant or disagreeable detail.Rate it:

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fly-by-nightThis expression has broadened to mean any of these: A person or business that appears and disappears rapidly; Someone who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. A dishonest or unreliable person selling something to make a quick profit A transient or traveling salesmen or businessmen, tradesmen; A business that appears to have little or no chance of successRate it:

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fold awayTo put away by folding; to collapse something into a space where it can be stored while not in use.Rate it:

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fold upTo make or become more compact by folding.Rate it:

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food for thoughtsomething worth contemplatingRate 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-in-mouth diseaseA tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.Rate it:

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Footloose and Fancy-FreeNot involved in any relation with someone, free not having any attachment with something or someone Rate it:

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footnote in historySomething of great significance that is given little attention, i.e. is relegated to a footnote in a record of history.Rate it:

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for my moneyUsed to mark a statement made by the speaker as an opinion or something not known with certainty.Rate it:

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for old times' sakeAn appeal to the nostalgia of prior experiences to convince someone to do something.Rate it:

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for once in my lifeSomething has happened that has never happened before,Rate it:

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for the love of petean expression of astonishment or disbelief or of something surprising, funny or cuteRate it:

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forbidden fruitIllicit pleasure; something that one should not take or get involved with, such as an another person's spouse.Rate it:

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force feedmake someone eatRate it:

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force inTo make something larger fit in a smaller or tight place with brute forceRate it:

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force outTo cause something to be ejectedRate it:

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