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sweep outto remove by sweeping or brushing.Rate it:

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sweep outto remove someone outside of a place (where they are not wanted)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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tag upOf a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.Rate it:

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take a back seatTo be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.Rate it:

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take a leaf out of someone's bookTo adopt an idea or practice of another person.Rate it:

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Take a PowderQuickly leaving a place or to sneak out from someoneRate it:

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take backTo cause to remember some past event or time.Rate it:

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take backTo retract an earlier statement.Rate it:

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take backTo regain possession of something.Rate it:

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take backTo resume a relationship.Rate it:

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take backTo return something.Rate it:

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take for a spinTo test or try out something, especially an automobile.Rate it:

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take it out inTo accept as payment.Rate it:

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take it out onTo unleash one's anger on [a person or thing other than the one that caused it].Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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take one's ball and go homeTo cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.Rate it:

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take one's tongue out of someone's assTo stop flattering someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.Rate it:

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take outAlternative spelling of takeout.Rate it:

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take out an onionSuggests that the performer of the action is not sincere in their grief.Rate it:

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take out of contextTo interpret something in a manner in which it was not intended to be understood, often deliberately.Rate it:

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take out the trashTo forcefully remove people from a place.Rate it:

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take out the trashTo remove rubbish from a place.Rate it:

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take overTo buy out the ownership of a business.Rate it:

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take something in one's strideNot to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.Rate it:

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take the countTo be knocked out.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 the fieldTo go out onto the playing field.Rate it:

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take the pissEveryone takes the piss out of the bankers these days.Rate it:

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take the wind out of someone's sailsTo discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue.Rate it:

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Take the Words Right Out of Your MouthTo say something that someone else was about to say or even thinking about itRate it:

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talk backTo reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner.Rate it:

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talk outTo resolve a problem by talking about it.Rate it:

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talk out ofTo talk to someone in order to dissuade them from doing something.Rate it:

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talk out of one's assTo exaggerate, lie, or speak nonsense.Rate it:

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talk out of turnTo make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.Rate it:

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talk out one's assTo speak authoritatively on a subject which one actually knows little about; to exaggerate.Rate it:

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tap outTo deplete, especially of a liquidRate it:

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tap outTo force to submit.Rate it:

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tap outTo produce by tapping.Rate it:

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tap outTo submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly either on the arena or the opponent's body.Rate it:

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tape outOf a piece of land, to measure out so as to be able to accurately fire upon itRate it:

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target on your backTo be the target of unwanted attention or actionsRate it:

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tattle taleThe person who calls someone out / tells a piece of sensitive information to an authority.Rate it:

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tear one's hair outTo react with extreme agitation.Rate it:

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tear outTo remove by tearing.Rate it:

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tease outTo unravel; to determine; solve.Rate it:

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tease outTo separate as if by unraveling.Rate it:

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

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tempestate abripito be driven out of one's course; to drift.Rate it:

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