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breed like rabbitsTo breed very rapidly, to have many childrenRate it:

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brickbatA piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.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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bring owls to athensPerhaps we have not been sufficiently aware that talking about access and its implications in Scandinavia is like bringing owls to Athens. — Herbert Burkert.Rate 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 bring something to proper shape by removing or masking minor defects, by straightening out the residual shortcomings.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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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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built like a brick shithouseOf a person, with an exceptionally well-developed chest.Rate it:

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built like a brick shithouseExceptionally well constructed; strong or tough.Rate it:

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built like a tankSturdy; exceptionally well constructed.Rate it:

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built like a tankBroad shouldered and of solid, muscular build.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 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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bulk outTo become more substantialRate it:

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

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bung upTo close an opening with a cork, cork like object or other improvised obstruction.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 appear suddenly from within something else.Rate it:

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burst outTo display sudden powerful emotion.Rate it:

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burst outto speak emotionally or suddenlyRate 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 free from captivityRate 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 bring out, to take outRate it:

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

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butter cupA term of affection Or endearment for someone you like Buttercups are a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus. It has yellow, shiny petals, and grows wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active.Rate it:

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

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buy outTo purchase the ownership of a company.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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by the seat of your pantsAn aviator's term, Cross country flying, navigating via ground observation of landmarks, arrows on rooftops. water towers, railroad tracks, roadways, radio/TV towers; and by the 'seat of your pants'.Rate 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 comme le couteau de jeannotThat is like the Irishman’s gun (said of anything that has been mended so often as to have nothing of the original left).Rate it:

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c'est comme si je chantaisIt is like talking to the air, preaching in the desert.Rate it:

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