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throw downTo accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".Rate it:

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throw inTo add something extra free of charge.Rate it:

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Throw in the TowelAdmitting your defeat; quit from something or giving upRate it:

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throw in withTo commit to something with; to partner with.Rate it:

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throw oneself atTo make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get someone's romantic attention.Rate it:

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throw outTo discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.Rate it:

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throw somebody a curveTo surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction.Rate it:

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throw someone a curveTo surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction.Rate it:

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throw to the dogsTo give up on something valuable.Rate it:

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throw to the dogsTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as into the streets.Rate it:

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throw to the wolvesTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as onto the streets, especially towards predators.Rate it:

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throw to the wolvesTo sacrifice someone, especially in an attempt to save oneself.Rate it:

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thus and suchA placeholder or generic name for something.Rate it:

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tick awayTo count down to zero of something).Rate it:

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tickle the dragon's tailTo do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong.Rate it:

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Tickled PinkExtremely delighted or pleased of something; be very happy or amusedRate it:

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tidy upTo make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily neat. Usually used to describe the straightening-out of a small room or small space.Rate it:

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Tied to Someone's Apron StringsDepending on someone for something; can’t be able to do something due to dependenceRate it:

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tighten one's beltTo be more frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.Rate it:

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tighten upTo fix something or make it correct.Rate it:

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tighten upTo make sufficiently tight.Rate it:

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till the wheels fall offliteral meaning - to drive a car until it won't run any more; figurative meaning - dedicated to the end; indicates relentless effort, commitment to something until it is no longer viable/possible/usableRate it:

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time banditSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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time burglarSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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time flies when you're having funTime seems to pass quicker when one is enjoying oneself.Rate it:

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time thiefSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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tinker’s damInsignificant; something of little value; a worthless amount; the smallest degreeRate it:

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tiny but mightysmall but powerful; something people say to express self-worth that even though they may be small they make up for it in being mighty; don't underestimate me/usRate it:

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tip upTo tilt something upward in order to discharge its contents.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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tire outTo make someone tired; to exhaust.Rate it:

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to be named laterSomething of very uncertain value.Rate it:

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to be named laterSomething of very low value.Rate it:

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to be of the peakTo be at the highest point in something of their own. Applies to person thing, season anything related.Rate it:

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to know and not to do is not to knowWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "Your actions speak so loudly that your words I cannot hear"Rate it:

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to thine own self be trueThe easiest person to deceive is oneself."This above all:to thine own self be true,and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man." -William ShakespeareRate it:

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tollere or suscipere liberosto accept as one's own child; to make oneself responsible for its nurture and education.Rate it:

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tomato, tomatoThis expression is pronounced like toe-may-toe, toe-mat-toe. Saying tomato two different ways like this means that something can be either of two things since the two things are basically the same; makes no difference; alternate spelling: tomayto, tomahtoRate it:

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tomayto, tomahtoUsed to dismissively suggest that something is a distinction without a difference; alternate spelling: tomato, tomatoRate it:

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tone downTo relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.Rate it:

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tone downTo make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.Rate it:

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tone upTo strengthen and make the muscles of the body firmer by regular excercise.Rate it:

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Too Big for Your BritchesSelf-important; proud of something, particularly about selfRate it:

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tool upTo arm oneself with a weapon, especially a gun.Rate it:

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toot one's own hornTo promote oneself; to boast or brag; to tout.Rate it:

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top it all offTo emphasize or underscore; to make something even better or worse.Rate it:

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top it offTo emphasize or underscore; to make something even better or worse.Rate it:

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top offTo fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty.Rate it:

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top oneselfTo outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best.Rate it:

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top oneselfTo commit suicide.Rate it:

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