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hack intoTo gain unauthorized entry to, particularly by exploiting little-known weaknesses.Rate it:

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heavy hitterA player with a favorable batting average who is especially good at hitting the ball deep into the outfield or farther.Rate it:

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hell in a hand basketto go to one's doom, to deteriorate quickly, to proceed on a course to disaster. The phrase go to hell in a handbasket is an American phrase which came into general use during the American Civil War, though its popularity has spread into other countries.Rate it:

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hell weekThe week during which new members are required to undergo undignified rites of initiation or gruelling discipline in order to be accepted into a fraternity, sorority, secret society, military group, etc.Rate it:

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herd togetherTo push people or animals into a group, as a herd.Rate it:

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homeless dumpingThe practice of hospital employees or emergency workers releasing homeless patients on the streets instead of placing them into the custody of a relative or shelter or retaining them in a hospital where they may require expensive medical care.Rate it:

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honey trapThe use of a seductive woman to entice a man into revealing secret information.Rate it:

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hoover upInto a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.Rate it:

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hoover upQuickly, especially by taking it into the mouth directly from the plate rather than using cutlery.Rate it:

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hot messA warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; or, service of such a heated meal to soldiers.Rate it:

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house warmingPresented as a way of welcoming someone to a home into which he or she recently moved.Rate it:

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housewarmingA party to celebrate moving into a new home.Rate it:

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I want my money backSaid to demand a refund for a product or service.Rate it:

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il a donné tête baissée dans le piège (panneau)He ran headlong into the trap.Rate it:

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il a fait une sortieHe flew into a passion.Rate it:

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il a reculé pour mieux sauter1. He waited for something better. 2. (ironic.) He avoided a small evil to fall into a greater.Rate it:

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il prend sur son sommeil pour étudierHe works far into the night.Rate it:

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il s'est jeté à corps perdu dans cette affaireHe threw himself headlong (or, with might and main) into the matter.Rate it:

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il vient d'être bombardé membre de ce clubHe has just been pitchforked into that club (over the heads of more deserving people).Rate it:

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ils se sont mis dans la gueule du loupThey rushed into the lion’s mouth.Rate it:

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in alicuius manus incidereto fall unexpectedly into some one's hands.Rate it:

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in alicuius manus venire, pervenireto come into some one's hands.Rate it:

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in carcerem conicere aliquemto throw some one into prison.Rate it:

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in duas partes discedere (Sall. Iug. 13. 1)to divide into two factions.Rate it:

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in exsilium eicere or expellere aliquemto banish a person, send him into exile.Rate it:

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in exsilium ire, pergere, proficiscito go into exile.Rate it:

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in ipsam or intimam Graeciam penetrareto penetrate into the heart of Greece.Rate it:

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in kindIn the form of goods and service rather than money.Rate it:

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in lucem dormireto sleep on into the morning.Rate it:

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in lucem edito see the light, come into the world.Rate it:

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in luxuriam effundito plunge into excesses, a career of excess.Rate it:

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in manus(m) sumere aliquidto take something into one's hands.Rate it:

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in medios hostes se inicereto rush into the midst of the foe.Rate it:

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in medium proferre aliquidto bring a subject forward into discussion.Rate it:

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in nostros mores inducere aliquid (De Or. 2. 28)to introduce a thing into our customs; to familiarise us with a thing.Rate it:

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in oblivione iacēre (of persons)to be forgotten, pass into oblivion.Rate it:

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in oblivionem adducito be forgotten, pass into oblivion.Rate it:

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in one's faceOnto or into someone's face.Rate it:

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in oppidum irrumpereto break into the town.Rate it:

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in oppidum irruptionem facereto break into the town.Rate it:

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in otium se referre (Fam. 99)to retire into private life.Rate it:

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in possessionem alicuius rei venireto come into the possession of something.Rate it:

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in profundum deicito fall down into the abyss.Rate it:

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in proverbii consuetudinem or simply in proverbium venireto pass into a proverb.Rate it:

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in sinum philosophiae compellito be driven into the arms of philosophy.Rate it:

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in terram demergito sink into the earth.Rate it:

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in the drinkIn or into a body of water.Rate it:

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in the scheme of things it was a small victory.As with climate change the slow improvement of gas amounts discharged into the atmosphere comes too late. We are screwed Rate it:

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in the way ofIn or into a position of being likely to obtain, to attain, or to achieve.Rate it:

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in voluptates se mergereto plunge into a life of pleasure.Rate it:

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