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bring backTo fetch something.Rate it:

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bring backTo cause someone to remember something from the past.Rate it:

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bring downTo make something flying fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.Rate it:

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bring forwardTo make something happen earlier than originally planned.Rate it:

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bring inTo move something indoors.Rate it:

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bring offTo succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.Rate it:

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bring onTo make something appear, as on a stage or a place of competition.Rate 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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bring roundTo bring something when coming.Rate it:

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bring sand to the beachto take something that is plentiful at the destination, such as a date to a party with plenty of mixed company.Rate it:

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bring toTo make something equal to a different amount.Rate it:

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bring to a boilTo heat something until it reaches its boiling point.Rate it:

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bring to bearTo apply; to employ something to achieve an intended effect.Rate it:

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bring to lightTo expose or disclose something that was hidden or unknown.Rate it:

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bring togetherTo cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness.Rate it:

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broke assSomething no longer workingRate it:

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broken recordSomeone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance.Rate it:

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brown thumbLack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.Rate it:

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brush asideTo disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.Rate it:

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brush downUsed other than as an idiom: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.Rate it:

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brush under the carpetTo hide, cover up or overlook something, usually a negative thingRate it:

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Buch mit sieben Siegelnsomething considered very hard to understandRate it:

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buckle underto reluctantly accept something, due to the pressure.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 in one's bonnetSomething that makes someone act crazy or excites them or is of particular interest or concern to them; something that bothers or irritates someone; a lesser known version of the expression “bee in one’s bonnet”Rate it:

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bugger upTo break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.Rate it:

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build into build something in the interior of an entityRate it:

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build on sandTo put something in an unstable position by failing to give it a secure foundation.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 brick shithouseOf a person, with an exceptionally well-developed chest.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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bump intoTo collide with something.Rate it:

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bump upTo increase something suddenly.Rate it:

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bumper cropA large yield; an excess of something.Rate it:

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bundle of laughsSomething or someone very funny or fun.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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buried treasureSomething, having been concealed for a long time, which later is found and is profitable.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo waste something in two directions at once.Rate it:

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

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bust the dustTo clean dust off something, such as with a vacuum cleaner.Rate it:

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busy workWork or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.Rate 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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butter someone upTo praise someone; to flatter someone to attain his/her favor, especially before asking them for somethingRate it:

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button one's lipTo remain silent, especially in order to keep a secret or to avoid saying something inappropriate.Rate it:

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Buy a Pig in a PokeTo buy something immediately without even examining itRate it:

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buy backto purchase something already sold, misplaced, destroyed or given awayRate it:

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

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buy timePurposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.Rate it:

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buy upTo buy the whole of, the totality of something.Rate it:

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