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pull the plugTo cease life support.Rate it:

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pull the plugTo cease to support; to halt.Rate it:

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pull the plugTo unplug or cut power.Rate it:

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pull the rug out from underTo suddenly remove support fromRate it:

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pull the rug out from under someoneTo suddenly remove support from someone.Rate it:

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Pull the Rug out from Under YouTo ruin someone’s dreams, hopes or plans, to suddenly withdraw supportRate it:

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pull the triggerTo commit to a course of action.Rate it:

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pull the triggerTo fire a gun.Rate it:

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pull the wool over someone's eyesTo deceive (someone).Rate it:

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Pull the Wool over Your EyesTo play trick with someone making him or her fool, to deceive or cheat someoneRate it:

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pull throughA length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.Rate it:

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pull togetherTo unite for a common objective.Rate it:

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pull upLift upwards or vertically.Rate it:

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pull upRetrieve; get.Rate it:

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pull upDrive close to something, especially a curb.Rate it:

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pull up a chairUsed other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, chair.Rate it:

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pull up a chairTo sit down on a chair: to go from a non-seated position to sitting on a chair.Rate it:

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pull up a floorUsed other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, floor.Rate it:

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pull up a floorSit down on a floor.Rate it:

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pull up stakesTo prepare to move one's usually temporary habitation, especially rapidly.Rate it:

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Pull up StakesLeaving one’s job, home or country to another place that offers better thingsRate it:

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pull up stumpsTo cease doing something, at least for the day.Rate it:

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Pull Your LegTo tease someone by making fun of him or her.Rate it:

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Pull Yourself TogetherTo calm down or settle after bring frustrated or, to control one’s emotions and angerRate it:

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put her there (pronounced put 'er there)something said to someone when extending one's hand, inviting you to shake hands with them in agreement or sympathyRate it:

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put outWhen someone is feels "put out". It means they did something they didn't want to do and now they feel "put out" about it...like being taken advantage of after they did it (begrudgingly).Rate it:

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qué más darwho cares, it doesn't matterRate it:

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rain or shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, come rain or come shineRate it:

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raise cainTo cause trouble; to behave in a disruptive manner; to make a problem; the phrase is actually "raise Cain" since Cain is a person's nameRate it:

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read 'em and weepWhen playing cards (usually poker) and the final hand is played, a person often shows their cards in anticipation of winning and boasts this phrase to brag that their hand is good enough to win that roundRate it:

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ride the ... trainTo get used to something; to adapt to something; to become accustomed to something.Rate it:

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ride the railsTo travel by railway train, trolley, etc.Rate it:

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rip offTo pull off by ripping.Rate it:

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rise above your raisin's (raisings)become better than how you were raised; "Rise above your raisin's" is how you pronounce the phrase because in southern expressions, the "g" sound in words ending in "ing" is usually not spoken); rise above your raisingsRate it:

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root upTo dig or pull up by the roots; to deracinate.Rate it:

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round robinan arrangement of choosing all elements in agroup equaly in some rational order e.g. 'taking turns"Rate it:

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rug pullMostly, a type of crypto scam where developers raise funds from investors and then ditch the project they used to create the buzz.Rate it:

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runaboutA Small Or Easily Handled Automobile For Motoring Short Distances, Package Delivery, Passenger Retrieval/Airport/Train-Bus Depot.Rate it:

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scaredy cata children's word for a person who is easily frightenedRate it:

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se correr o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho comedamned if one does and damned if one doesn'tRate it:

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se rincer la dalle (pop.)To wet one’s whistle.Rate it:

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shuck downto pull down forcefully.Rate it:

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shut the front door!An exclamation of shock and/or disbelief; like saying, "No! Really?!" or "No way!" or "I don't believe it"Rate it:

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sidepiecesexDescribes extra-marital or extra-relational physically intimate interaction with one other than one's spouse or longterm partner, with whom one also has some form of established relationship; term, song, and hastag by American Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe one of the acts in which her abusive ex-fiance may have been engaged, while absent from the home daily for 15 hours.Rate it:

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six of one, half a dozen of the otherThe two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't matter which one we choose.Rate it:

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six of one, half dozen of anotherIt makes no difference, they're still the same This expression is sometimes said a little differently, but is all the same no matter how it is said. Sometimes people say "half dozen" and sometimes "half a dozen " Also, sometimes the expression is "six of one, half dozen of THE other" and sometimes it is said, "six of one, half a dozen of ANother."Rate it:

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skoffedDo sartastically whistle air out of your mouth and look awayRate it:

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solosolo in the Kpop world means a single singer. if a pair they're a duet, and if three of more they are a group.Rate it:

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someone's jaw droppedsomebody was very surprised; often followed by "to the floor"Rate it:

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someone's elevator doesn't go all the way to the topUsed as an indirect way to say that someone is mentally deficient.Rate it:

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