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sure enoughJust like one would expect.Rate it:

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suss outTo manage to work out, to determine.Rate it:

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suss outTo come to understand.Rate it:

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swap outTo transfer into a swap file.Rate it:

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swap outTo exchange for.Rate it:

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swap outTo exchange for an unused equivalent.Rate it:

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swap spitto kiss, to make outRate it:

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swear like a paganto swear very rudelyRate it:

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swear like a sailorAlternative form of swear like a trooper.Rate it:

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swear like a trooperTo swear a lot; to utter many swear words.Rate it:

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swear outTo obtain by swearing to facts.Rate it:

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sweat it outBe patient whilst results develop closer to fruition.Rate it:

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sweat like a pigTo sweat profusely, to be perspiring lots of sweat.Rate it:

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sweat outTo sweat; to secrete sweat because of heat, nerves etc.Rate it:

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sweat outTo endure or go through.Rate it:

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sweating like a whore in church.Sweating profusely, especially due to nervousness.Rate it:

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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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swim like a bricknot able to swimRate it:

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swim like a fishTo be a very strong swimmer.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 page out of someone's playbookTo adopt an idea or practice of another personRate it:

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

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Take a Shine ToBecoming fond of something; or to like something quicklyRate 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 like a manTo respond to pain, hardship, adversity, or emotional distress in a collected, aggressive, and typical or stereotypical masculine manner, especially without question, crying, complaining, or becoming emotionalRate 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 on waterTo slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.Rate it:

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take on waterTo be in an increasingly difficult or risky situation; to falter or begin to fail.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 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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take to something like a duck to waterto adapt to something naturally and effortlesslyRate it:

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talk like an apothecaryTo use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.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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