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shell outTo use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.Rate it:

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shell outTo pay money; especially, to pay a great deal of money.Rate it:

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shell shockA psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle.Rate it:

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shell shockUsed other than as an idiom: see shell, shock.Rate it:

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shell shockA stunning shock.Rate it:

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shell shockA person with the condition.Rate it:

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shell shockTo stun or debilitate as by a shock.Rate it:

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shoot 'em upA short story, novel, television show, film, computer game, or other narrative which depicts considerable gunplay.Rate it:

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skin in the gameA stake; something at risk.Rate it:

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skip ropeTo jump over a rope, both of whose ends are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is moved under the jumper's feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope.Rate it:

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snakes and laddersA children's luck-based board game played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress and snakes impede it.Rate it:

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stage of the gameA point in the progress of an ongoing dispute or process.Rate it:

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stake outTo end the game by hitting the stake peg in the middle of the court.Rate it:

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stalking horseA horse used as cover by a hunter stalking game,Rate it:

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step up one's gameTo improve one's performance, or the quality of one's work.Rate it:

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take the game toTo use attacking tactics against.Rate it:

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talk a good gameTo speak emphatically and at length about one's ability, intentions, or achievements, without yet producing any clear evidence or actual results.Rate it:

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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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the name of the gameThe overall purpose; the principal goal, or objective.Rate it:

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there's no i in teamA team game is focused on the team, not on the individual.Rate it:

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thread the needleA game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbour, runs between the others.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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tug of wara game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.Rate it:

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two can play at that gameAlternative form of two can play that gameRate it:

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two can play that gameThe tactics and/or strategies of an enemy can be used against him.Rate it:

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two can play this gameAlternative form of two can play that gameRate it:

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wait onTo fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; said of a hawk.Rate it:

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waiting gameA strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.Rate it:

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war... war never changesFrom the video game series FalloutRate it:

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well playedUsed to praise performance in a sport or game.Rate it:

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winner, winner, chicken dinnerAn expression or declaration of victory, especially in a game of chance.Rate it:

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