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kick rocksGo do something unproductive, go bother someone else, leave me alone, go away; See idioms: ‘take a hike,’ ‘hit the road,’ ‘beat it’Rate it:

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knock someone's block offTo strike a person in the head, causing him to fall to the ground, especially in an unconscious condition; to beat up a person.Rate it:

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knock upTo exhaust; wear out; weary; beat; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.Rate it:

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lay intoTo beat up.Rate it:

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march to the beat of a different drumTo do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and expectations.Rate it:

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March to the Beat of a Different DrummerDo the things in your own way, don’t consider other people, to believe in different way, different attitude than other personsRate it:

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mess upTo manhandle; beat up; rough up.Rate it:

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my heart skipped a beatIntense excitement.Rate it:

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number one with a bulletSuperlative; impossible to beat.Rate it:

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Out in Left FieldUnusual, eccentric, off beatRate it:

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peel awayTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.Rate it:

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peel offTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.Rate it:

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Point of No ReturnCertain time or position after which it is impossible to retreat, change course or do somethingRate it:

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police beatUsed other than as an idiom: see police, beat.Rate it:

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police beatA small police station, with a limited range of facilities, located in an officer's residence or in a shopping centre.Rate it:

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pound a beatTo walk a regular route.Rate it:

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pull backTo retreatRate it:

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pull outTo withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat.Rate it:

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put foot to assTo beat the shit out of someone or something; whoop assRate it:

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put the bee onTo finish off, to beat.Rate it:

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receptui canitur (B. G. 7. 47)the retreat is sounded.Rate it:

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roll backTo retreat.Rate it:

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rough upTo manhandle or beat up.Rate it:

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safe harborA place of retreat that is safe from threats of all kindsRate it:

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shrink backTo back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.Rate it:

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shroudA covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.Rate it:

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signa receptui canuntthe retreat is sounded.Rate it:

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skip a beatTo momentarily falter.Rate it:

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skip a beatTo miss a beat.Rate it:

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skip a beatTo experience a strong emotion.Rate it:

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smack upTo beat up physically.Rate it:

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stand the gaff?Can You? 'withstand the demand?, 'weather the storm?' , 'survive the environment?', 'smile the miles', 'beat the HEAT?',Rate it:

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swift retreatTo back off quickly/A place you can go to quickly to recover or escape from stress.Rate it:

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tan someone's hideTo beat or spank someone.Rate it:

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to beat the bandVery vigorously; at a frantic pace; to a high degree; in large quantities.Rate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat around the bush.Rate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat around the bushRate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat about the bush.Rate it:

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virgis caedereto beat with rods.Rate it:

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wail onTo beat heavily on anything.Rate it:

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walk all overTo easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort.Rate it:

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whale onTo beat heavily on anything.Rate it:

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whoop assTo beat or strike.Rate it:

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whoop-assTo beat or strike.Rate it:

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within an inch of one’s lifeFiguratively or hyperbolically, means very soundly, thoroughly, or completely; To an extreme degree or extent; often follows the verb ‘beat’ to mean ‘very close to or near death’Rate it:

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