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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 peeTo mock; to make fun of.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 up the cudgel forTo make a defense for in lieu of another person.Rate it:

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talk is cheapIt is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not supported by actions or evidence.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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talk upIn such a way as to make the thing or person sound better than it actually is.Rate it:

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tanto faz como tanto fezused to indicate that something doesn’t make a difference; tomayto, tomahto; big deal; whateverRate 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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tap upTo make a specific approach to a person considered to be suitable for a professional position.Rate it:

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tap upto make an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transferRate 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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tart upTo modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell.Rate 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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tears aren't very lubeyTears don't make very good lube.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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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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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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templa deorum adireto make a pilgrimage to the shrines of the gods.Rate it:

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temporibus errare (Phil. 2. 9. 23)to make a chronological mistake.Rate it:

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tenir la dragée haute à quelqu'unTo make a person pay well (or, wait a long time) for what he desires.Rate it:

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tenir le coupto endure; to tough it out; to stick it outRate it:

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term outUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see term,‎ out.Rate it:

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term outTo finish the term.Rate it:

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testamentum facere, conscribereto make a will.Rate it:

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that's for me to know and you to find outA phrase used to reply to a question whose answer the speaker doesn't want to reveal.Rate it:

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that’ll doCut it out, that’s enough, behaveRate it:

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the cat's out of the bagIt is too late.Rate it:

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the doctor always err's on the side of caution.It means to make sure of, or to make the most ofRate it:

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the emperor has no clothesUsed to describe a situation where someone is pretending to be something they are not, or when something is revealed to be a fraud; a way of pointing out that someone is not as powerful or impressive as they claim to be; a way of exposing a lie or deceptionRate it:

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the genie's out of the bottleIt is too late.Rate it:

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the handbags come outA row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.Rate it:

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the hell out ofUsed as an intensifier.Rate it:

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the jig is upAn expression used to mean "We have been caught out and have no defence", or if spoken to a person who's just been found out as the perpetrator of an offense, it means "You've been discovered.".Rate it:

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