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take a pewTo take a seat; to sit down.Rate it:

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take a seatTo sit down; to become seated.Rate it:

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take a tumbleTo fall off something, or down something.Rate it:

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take downTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.Rate it:

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take downTo remove something from a hanging position.Rate it:

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take downTo remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.Rate it:

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take downTo lower an item of clothing without removing it.Rate it:

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take downTo write a note. Usually to record something that is said.Rate it:

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take down a pegAlternative form of pull down a peg.Rate it:

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take it easyImmediately calm yourself down; your state of panic does not help.Rate it:

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take lying downTo endure without complaint or protest.Rate it:

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take sitting downTo tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.Rate it:

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take the countTo take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.Rate it:

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take things as they comeTo accept and deal with events as they occur, with a composed state of mind.Rate it:

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talk downTo negotiate a lower price.Rate it:

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talk downTo speak condescendingly or as though the listener is inferior.Rate it:

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talk down toTo speak to another person in a demeaning or patronising way.Rate it:

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tamp downTo compact a substance until it is flat.Rate it:

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tamp downTo suppress.Rate it:

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tear downTo demolishRate it:

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the chickens come home to roostA person's past wrongdoings will return to negatively affect them.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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the handbags come outA row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.Rate it:

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the manThe man gets you down.Rate it:

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there is a new sheriff in townA new person has come to power and is going to make changes.Rate it:

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thinking out loudTo come up with an idea or solution in your head but not verbally talking about itRate it:

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this is itThe moment has come.Rate it:

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three greena confirmation given by the pilots that the landing gear has gone down successfully and has locked.Rate it:

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throttle downreduce the pace or speedRate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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throw downTo cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.Rate it:

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throw downTo fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.Rate it:

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throw downTo accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".Rate it:

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throw downAdmirably or forcefully.Rate it:

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throw down the gauntletTo issue a challenge.Rate it:

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thumb a rideTo secure a ride by flagging down a vehicle.Rate it:

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thumb-warsInterlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.Rate it:

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tick awayTo count down to zero of something).Rate it:

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tick downTo count the time down to zero.Rate it:

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tie downto constrain, or to confine within set limits.Rate it:

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tie downto secure as if with a rope or hook.Rate it:

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Till The Cows Come HomeFor a very long timeRate it:

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tipping it downRaining heavily.Rate it:

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tipsy turvyupside downRate it:

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tirez le rideau, la farce est jouéeRing down the curtain, the play is over.Rate it:

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tits uplying down, face up.Rate it:

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tits-upLying down face up.Rate it:

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to be faced downto be finishedRate it:

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tone downTo relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.Rate it:

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tone downTo make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.Rate it:

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