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hold all the acesTo be in a strong position when one is competing with someone else, having all the advantages.Rate it:

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hold offTo delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.Rate it:

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hold offTo delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed).Rate it:

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hold onTo keep; to store something for someone.Rate it:

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hold one's ownTo stand up to; to give a respectable performance; to provide worthy competition.Rate it:

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hold over someone's headTo harp on; to remind continuously (especially of a misstep or defeat)Rate it:

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hold someone's feet to the fireTo maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.Rate it:

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hold someone's handTo guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details.Rate it:

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hold someone's handTo grasp or hold a person's hand.Rate it:

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hold the cardsTo be in a strong position, possessing significant advantages over someone else; to be in control of a situation involving multiple parties.Rate it:

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hold the lineTo stop a conversation to think about, or reply to someone.Rate it:

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hold this lUsed to make fun of someone when they say/do something stupid; they take a "L" or a "Loss"Rate it:

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honk offTo annoy.Rate it:

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hook someone upTo supply someone with goods or services.Rate it:

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hook upTo form an association someone.Rate it:

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hook upTo supply someone with goods or services.Rate it:

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hop to it!A welcome to someone's verve and their confidence. Suggest to another to go after it.Rate it:

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horse's mouthSource; someone who directly experienced or witnessed something.Rate it:

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hot off the pressesFreshly printed, minted, written, or created.Rate it:

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hot on someone's heelsClose behind; pursuing or following closely.Rate it:

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house warmingPresented as a way of welcoming someone to a home into which he or she recently moved.Rate it:

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how can you sleep at nightA rhetorical question, used to tell someone that they should feel guilty about something.Rate it:

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how comewhy (the simplest explanation i could give u)Rate it:

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how do you like them applesDirected jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation.Rate it:

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how many siblings do you haveUsed to ask how many brothers or sisters someone has.Rate it:

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how old are youAsks the interlocutor to give his or her age.Rate it:

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how rude!something said to emphasize or point out that someone has just said or done something rudeRate it:

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how's thatUsed to ask someone to repeat somethingRate it:

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how's thatUsed to ask someone to explain somethingRate it:

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how's that againUsed to ask someone to repeat somethingRate it:

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how's the weather up thereAsked to tall people or someone that is at a high vantage point, either literally or metaphorically.Rate it:

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hulk offTo leave or walk away, especially in an angry or enraged manner, and said especially of large and physically imposing persons or objects.Rate it:

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hurt someone's feelingsTo offend or hurt someone.Rate it:

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hush moneyMoney given to buy silence, get someone to 'take the fifth'.Rate it:

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hutch upto move slightly, in order to make room for someone; for example to move in a bed to make room for someone else to lie, or to move sideways on on a seat so as to allow someone room to sit and share that same seat.Rate it:

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i could have been a contenderSomething said when would you or someone could have been good at something--good enough to be a professional and compete with others.Rate it:

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i find your lack of x disturbingIndicates disapproval at someone lacking X.Rate it:

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I hate youExpression of hatred, or intense disdain or dislike directed at someone.Rate it:

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I have a bridge to sell youAn indirect way of expressing someone is gullible.Rate it:

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I hope you're happySaid to scold someone who did something wrong, after seeing the consequences.Rate it:

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i loved you, than i still love you todayThat you haven't stopped loving someoneRate it:

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I think therefore I amI am able to think, therefore I exist. A philosophical proof of existence based on the fact that someone capable of any form of thought necessarily exists.Rate it:

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I told you soA phrase used to remind someone that they were already warned that a certain event would happen.Rate it:

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i've seen a better looking head on a grub wormSomeone that drank all night before going to work with hair uncombed an bloodshot eyesRate it:

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I'll see you and raise youMore generally, used when someone produces or reveals something. One says this to announce they will answer by producing or revealing something of their own, usually greater in significance.Rate it:

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IDGAFInitialism of I don't give a fuck.Rate it:

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IDGARAInitialism of I don't give a rat's ass.Rate it:

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IDRGAFInitialism of I don't really give a fuck.Rate it:

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if looks could killA phrase said upon catching sight of someone's giving you a particularly nasty look of discontent or disapproval.Rate it:

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if there's grass on the pitch, play ballOnce someone has grown pubic hair or started puberty, they are sexually accessible.Rate it:

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