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sow one's wild oatsTo spread one's genes around by impregnating many females.Rate it:

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spare tyreA large stomach and rolls of fat around the waist.Rate it:

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squirrel aroundTo move or search erratically, especially as if hurried or confused.Rate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA devoted fan of live theatre and of performing artists, who habitually spends time in and around theatres.Rate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female object(s) of his affection.Rate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female object of his affection.Rate it:

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stick aroundTo stay; to linger; to remain.Rate it:

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take a turnTo walk around; to stroll.Rate it:

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taking the rough with the smoothDéfinition manquante ou à compléter. …Rate it:

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talk aroundTo persuade someone.Rate it:

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talk overTo persuade someone; to talk around.Rate it:

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talk roundAlternative form of talk aroundRate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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third degreeIntensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession.Rate it:

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this ain't recessNot playing around, serious. Getting the task done immediatelyRate it:

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throw one's weight aroundTo exercise influence or authority especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner.Rate it:

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Throw Your Weight AroundUsing power in a mean way or to threaten; to be in the command in a threatening wayRate it:

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tiptoe aroundUsed other than as an idiom: see tiptoe, around.Rate it:

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tiptoe aroundTo act very cautiously about something; to avoid speaking about a painful or controversial issue.Rate it:

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to stick aroundOne whom sticks around is a person in waiting, quietly present and ready to serve.Rate it:

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tool aroundTo drive or jaunt about, going from place to place without any specific direction or goal.Rate it:

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tool aroundTo spend one's time idly.Rate it:

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toss aroundTo offer for suggestion.Rate it:

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toss aroundUsed other than as an idiom: To toss (throw) from one person to another..Rate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat around the bush.Rate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat around the bushRate it:

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turn aroundAn upset; a suprising comeback.Rate it:

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turn roundTo revolve or rotate around a centre.Rate it:

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twiddle one's thumbsTo circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored.Rate it:

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twinkle in one's father's eyeA notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.Rate it:

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vice versawith the main items in the preceding statement the other way around.Rate it:

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walk aroundTo walk with no real planned destination, but to just walk, to meander "around".Rate it:

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walk offTo recover from or digest by walking around.Rate it:

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wallow in the mireUsed other than as an idiom. To roll around in mud or dirtRate it:

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wash outTo lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.Rate it:

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wash upTo wash one's hands and/or face, often around mealtimes.Rate it:

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what goes around comes aroundWhat encompasses ones ideal thought makes a return to an original meaning once more.Rate it:

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what goes around comes aroundThe status eventually returns to its original value after completing some sort of cycle.A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.Rate it:

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wheel aroundTo transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair or a wheelbarrow or trolley.Rate it:

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wheel awayTo run around in celebrationRate it:

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when in rome, do as the romans dobehave as those around you do, especially when you are in a new and/or unfamiliar placeRate it:

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whenever one turns aroundAlternative form of every time one turns aroundRate it:

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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:

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whore aroundTo regularly copulate with people that one is not in a relationship with.Rate it:

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win aroundTo persuade someone who disagrees to agree with one's own point of view.Rate it:

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winning is no option, it's a rule.I came up with this walking past the new baseball field (Franklin Quest Field) that was being constructed in Salt Lake City Utah back around 1996 I believeRate it:

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word has itpeople who gossip are saying that..., there is a rumor going around that...Rate it:

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word on the streetThe rumour or news going around on the street.Rate it:

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word on the wireThe rumour or news going around on the Internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.Rate it:

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work around the clockTo work all day and all night without a break, because it is imperative to finish something.Rate it:

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