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play hookeyTo be absent without permission, especially from school.Rate it:

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play hookyTo miss school, work, or other duties without permission or an excuse.Rate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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rule the schoolTo substantially control a school administratively, financially, or to control a school's curriculum.Rate it:

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rule the school(of one or a group of students) To socially dominate a school's student population, or a major part of it (such as the girls or the boys).Rate it:

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sag offTo skive, to not attend school when required to do so.Rate it:

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scholaa school for higher education.Rate it:

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schola, disciplina, familia; sectaa sect, school of thought.Rate it:

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scholam frequentareto go to a school.Rate it:

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school of hard knocksAn education consisting of real-world experiences, especially harsh experiences.Rate it:

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School of Hard KnocksTesting and tough experiences of life that teach you lots of lessonsRate it:

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school's outThe school year has come to an end.Rate it:

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shout outwhen used as a verb, to shout out means to say something in a loud voice; to speak inappropriately, particularly in a school environmentRate it:

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sick noteA note from a doctor certifying the patient is ill, and therefore unable to go to work, school etc.Rate it:

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six of the bestSix strokes with a cane, a traditional school punishment.Rate it:

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stay behindTo remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment.Rate it:

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switch offTo alternate between; to trade.Rate it:

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tell tales out of schoolTo reveal confidential or sensitive information; to gossip.Rate it:

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to be named laterUsed other than as an idiom. In an exchange, a unspecified example of a thing (in sports, usually a player), either not yet chosen or named publicly, at the time of a trade.Rate it:

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to tell tales out of school.to reveal information which should have been kept privy to an organization.Rate it:

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trade downTo sell something and replace it with something cheaper.Rate it:

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trade downTo lose value on the stock exchange.Rate it:

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trade into give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.Rate it:

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trade unionworkers' organisationRate it:

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trade unionsocial eventRate it:

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trade upTo gain value on the stock exchange.Rate it:

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trade upTo sell something and replace it with something more expensive.Rate it:

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trade-offa balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.Rate it:

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trick of the tradeA shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.Rate it:

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try one's handTo attempt a skill, craft, or trade.Rate it:

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underwater basket weavingAn easy and useless college or high school class.Rate it:

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vaulting schoolA brothel.Rate it:

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vaulting schoolUsed other than as an idiom: see vaulting, school. (A place where one learns to vault.)Rate it:

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widow-makerSomething which or someone who takes the lives of men; a lethal hazard that affects mostly men or is specific to a primarily male trade.Rate it:

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widow-makerSomething which or someone who takes the lives of men; a hazard that affects mostly men or is specific for some trade, occupied mostly by men.Rate it:

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wolf in sheep's clothingGrammar school stories told of the Wily wolf wearing a sheepskin costume as he stealthily circles the grazing sheep seeking to snatch a helpless little lamb in his sharp-toothed and drooling vicious jaws!Rate it:

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WTTInitialism of want/willing to trade.Rate it:

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you get what you pay forIn commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.2003, Michael Blumenthal, "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," Time, 7 Dec.:Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say soRate it:

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