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break out of your shellWhen someone is a little shy.Rate it:

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break rankTo march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.Rate it:

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break ranksTo march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.Rate it:

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breathe outTo exhale.Rate it:

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bridgeAn elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.Rate it:

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bring forthTo display, produce, bring out for display.Rate it:

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bring outTo elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality.Rate it:

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bring outTo cause a visible symptom such as spots or a rash.Rate it:

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bring outOn the market; roll out.Rate it:

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bring outTo make a shy person more confident.Rate it:

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bring out in a rashto rile someone upRate it:

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brown outTo experience a partial loss of vision having the characteristics of a brownout, to suffer a brownout.Rate it:

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buff outTo remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.Rate it:

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buff outto bring something to proper shape by removing or masking minor defects, by straightening out the residual shortcomings.Rate it:

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bug outHastily.Rate it:

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bug outTo abandon someone without warning.Rate it:

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bug outTo cause to bulge.Rate it:

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bug outMiss school, play truant, play hooky.Rate it:

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bulk outTo cause to be more substantial; to add substance to.Rate it:

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bulk outTo become more substantialRate it:

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bulk outTo become thicker, fatter or more bulky.Rate it:

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bulk outTo cause to be thicker, fatter or more bulky.Rate it:

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bum outTo cause a person to be depressed or disappointed.Rate it:

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burn outTo tire due to overwork.Rate it:

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burn outTo extinguish due to lack of fuel.Rate it:

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burned outIndividuals whom expend more energy and funds than they really possess can overdo, go bankrupt or savage their health status.Rate it:

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burst outto speak emotionally or suddenlyRate it:

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burst outTo display sudden powerful emotion.Rate it:

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burst outTo appear suddenly from within something else.Rate it:

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burst out laughingto suddenly start laughing intenselyRate it:

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business as usualThe normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.Rate it:

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bust outto reveal, to showRate it:

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bust outto bring out, to take outRate it:

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bust outto burst out (laughing)Rate it:

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bust outto escape (from); break outRate it:

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bust outto free from captivityRate it:

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butt outdon't be involved in (stop interfering in) what someone else is doingRate it:

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button noseA nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.Rate it:

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buy outTo purchase the ownership of a company.Rate it:

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buy outTo purchase the entire stock or extent of something.Rate it:

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buy to letTo purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it.Rate it:

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by a mileBy a large amount or by a great distance - e.g. won by a mile; When prefixed by ‘out’ or ‘off’ it emphasizes that a significant gap exists between the parties involved and that it is to a decisive degreeRate it:

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by farout and awayRate it:

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c'est autant de pris sur l'ennemiSo much saved out of the fire; So much to the good.Rate it:

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c'est le dernier criIt is the last thing out.Rate it:

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c'est son affaireThat is his business, his look-out.Rate it:

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c'est un sot à vingt-quatre caratsHe is an out-and-out fool, an A 1 fool.Rate it:

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c'est une économie de bouts de chandelleThat is penny-wise and pound-foolish; That is spoiling the ship for a ha’porth (halfpennyworth) of tar; That is a cheese-paring policy.Rate it:

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call (someone) out (on something)to challenge or expose someone that has done or is doing the wrong thing or to say something they said or did isn't right or trueRate it:

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call forTo shout out in order to summon.Rate it:

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