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go on gitleave! short for Go on, get out of here!; the speaker is telling the listener to leave, emphatically; also often said to animals to chase them awayRate it:

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go suck on a toeA way of telling someone to go away -- or a way of telling someone 'no'.Rate it:

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go take a jump in the lake!a rude way of telling someone to go away and stop annoying you.Rate it:

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go the whole hogTo do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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going awaypresent participle of go awayRate it:

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goodgesser, not a bad gesser.Someone says not bad pretty close, I come back with not a bad gesser or pretty good gessser.Rate it:

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grass widowA married woman whose husband is away.Rate it:

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grass widowerA married man whose wife is away.Rate it:

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hack awayUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see hack,‎ away.Rate it:

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hack awayTo make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying.Rate it:

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hackles risingAn emotional or mental reaction to an irritable situation or person which causes a physical response to ones patience and/or the hair on the back of the one's neck.Rate it:

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hadaway and shitego awayRate it:

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Hands are TiedNot able to help or assist; stay away from doing what you are willing to do; helpless to do somethingRate it:

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hang a legHesitate; hang back.Rate it:

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hang an arseTo hang back, to be afraid to advance.Rate it:

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hang backTo wait; to falter; to avoid proceeding through reluctance.Rate it:

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hang fiveTo perform a longboard move where the surfer goes to the front of the board and rides from there, one foot on the nose and the five toes of that foot extended out over the front of the nose, the other foot placed further back.Rate it:

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hark backOf hounds, to retrace a course in order to pick up a lost scent.Rate it:

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hark backTo return or revert, to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for.Rate it:

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harken backAlternative form of hearken backRate it:

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haul offTo draw back the arm in order to punch.Rate it:

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haul offTo alter course so as to get farther away from an object.Rate it:

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have eyes in the back of one's headTo be particularly, especially uncannily, observant; a perceived ability to see in all directions at once.Rate it:

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have one's back to the wallTo have no other options remaining.Rate it:

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have one's back upTo be angry or defensive.Rate it:

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have someone's backTo be prepared and willing to support or defend (someone).Rate it:

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have someone's backto always be ready to support, protect or help someoneRate it:

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head offTo turn away from the windRate it:

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head offTo begin moving away.Rate it:

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hearken backTo go back to something as an origin or source.Rate it:

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hearken backTo turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance.Rate it:

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here's your signA sarcastic remark and gesture that is said and done when someone says something stupid. This is said while holding the back of your right hand in a fist to your forehead with the index finger and thumb extended to form an "L" for "Loser." This is done and said to someone when they ask an obvious question and they should have known the answer; it points out to someone how dumb the question was that they just asked.Rate it:

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hide awayTo hide, to be hidden.Rate it:

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hide awayTo stash or store something in a secret location.Rate it:

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his back is upHe is offended or angry; an expression or idea taken from a cat; that animal, when angry, always raising its back. An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man.Rate it:

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hit backTo retaliateRate it:

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hit the roadTo leave a place; to go away.Rate it:

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hold backTo act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.Rate it:

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hold backTo delay, especially in school.Rate it:

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hold backTo contain; stop.Rate it:

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hold your head highStand erect, shoulders back, head high for actions taken over, up and beyond the ordinary response to the challenge.Rate it:

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home away from homeA place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.Rate it:

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home truthsTo be honest about something and tell it as it is, without holding anything back.Rate it:

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hoy por ti, mañana por miyou scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursRate it:

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hulk offTo leave or walk away, especially in an angry or enraged manner, and said especially of large and physically imposing persons or objects.Rate it:

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i flew to the kitchenThey used it back then to say that they went to a kitchen really fast.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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iacturam alicuius rei facereto throw away, sacrifice.Rate it:

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idiot mittensMittens connected by yarn or string running through one sleeve, along the back and out the other sleeve of a coat, to prevent the mittens becoming lost. Generally worn by small children.Rate it:

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if you don't want to slip up, stay out of slippery placesTo avoid temptation, triggers, Toxicity Or anything that doesn't do you any justice mentally or otherwise. To Stay away from if not to be tempted to repeat mistakes.Rate it:

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