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main sequence A major grouping of stars that creates a narrow band from the upper left to the lower right when plotted by luminosity and surface temperature on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.Rate it:

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Main StreetThe generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.Rate it:

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Main StreetCollectively, everyday working-class people and small business owners, especially with regard to their concerns, social views, etc.Rate it:

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mainland ChinaThe area under the jursdiction of People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau (and, by definition, Taiwan).Rate it:

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make a beelineA straight and direct course made by a bee returning to its hive.Rate it:

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make a livingTo earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.Rate it:

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make a meal ofTo spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated.Rate it:

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make an exhibition of oneselfShe had far too much to drink and made an exhibition of herself by flirting with everyone.Rate it:

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make itTo become famous and successful.Rate it:

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make it bigTo become famous and successful.Rate it:

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make life a stone grooveMeans to live a happy, adventurous, loving, enjoyable and overall fun-filled life to the fullest, as if each day was your last.Rate it:

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make light work ofThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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make like a banana and splitto leave, departRate it:

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make like a tree and leaveto leave, departRate it:

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make love, not warA hippie anti-war slogan encouraging love and peace.Rate it:

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make mincemeat out ofTo defeat one's opponent easily and completely during a fight, contest, or debate.Rate it:

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Make No Bones about SomethingTo be straight forward and honestRate it:

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make off withTo steal something and run.Rate it:

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make one's bedAlternative form of make one's bed and lie in it.Rate it:

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make one's bed and lie in itTo create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.Rate it:

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make one's bonesTo establish one's bona fides; to establish status and respect.Rate it:

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make outTo kiss, touch intimately and/or to make love.Rate it:

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make quick work ofTo accomplish a specified task easily and quickly.Rate it:

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make someone a happy pandato make someone happy and contentRate it:

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make someone's ears sadTo displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.Rate it:

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make the world go aroundTo play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.Rate it:

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make wayan instruction to get out of the way of someone else, usually because they are carrying something and need a clear pathway. Compare with gangway.Rate it:

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Make Your Mouth WaterTo be intimidated by something in such a way that you feel inclined towards it and desperately desire of eating or drinking by feeling pleasureRate it:

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make yourself prettyimprove the way you look i.e. get dressed (especially in something nicer than what you are already wearing), put on makeup, brush your hair, brush your teeth, etc; connotes that you are not pretty enough at this moment and that you should improve the way you look; an insult sometimes used intentionally (or unintentionally) to make someone feel inferiorRate it:

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mal d'autrui n'est que songeOther people’s woes do not affect us much.Rate it:

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male chauvinist pigsexist manRate it:

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mama's boyA male person, especially a young man or boy, who is overly attached to or influenced by his mother; a sissy; alternate spelling: Momma's boyRate it:

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man among menA superior or remarkable man who stands out from other men; a leader or exemplar for other men.Rate it:

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man among menA man who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other men in society.Rate it:

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man and boyDuring one's manhood and during one's boyhoodRate it:

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man and wifeA newly married coupleRate it:

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man at armsa soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periodsRate it:

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man downTo lose courageRate it:

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man i ain't studdin them, let's goNot interested, worried about or care about.Rate it:

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man in the streetA typical person, unversed in a given subject; an inexpert commoner.Rate it:

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man is a wolf to manHumans prey upon one another.Rate it:

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man is man to manThe human is a human for itselfRate it:

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man is the measure of all thingsthe doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truthRate it:

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man madeartificialRate it:

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man of few wordsA man who doesn't speak much, or speaks only for a short period of time.Rate it:

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man of one's wordSomeone who sticks to their promisesRate it:

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man of partsA man that is talented in multiple areas of life. This includes but is not limited to the area of seduction. He puts very little emphasis on memorized scripts or "peacocking" and instead relies on individualized ways to charm a woman.Rate it:

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man of the hourA man who has recently caught the attention of, or is being admired or honoured by, a large number of people.Rate it:

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man of the peopleOne who shows understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people, and who has a rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people.Rate it:

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Man On The Roof!Depression Daze "Warning" in a Social Gathering or 'Knot of Male Conversationalists' of proximity of A Lady Within Earshot, So "Watch Your Filthy Language!"Rate it:

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