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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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buck upHurry up; make haste.Rate it:

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buckle downTo put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself.Rate it:

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buckle underto reluctantly accept something, due to the pressure.Rate it:

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budge upTo move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.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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buff upto shine; to make shinyRate 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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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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buried treasureSomething, having been concealed for a long time, which later is found and is profitable.Rate it:

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burn one's fingersTo harm oneself; to suffer consequences of one's actions.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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Burn Your Bridges behind YouTo make unchangeable commitment, to be determined on any decisionRate it:

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

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bust a gutTo laugh vehemently or uncontrollably; Any reaction (to some news or a sudden change) which is furious, violent, or of an extreme nature; Also one of many similar euphemisms meaning to highly exert oneselfRate it:

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bust a moveSave oneself from an awkward situation with a woman.Rate it:

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bust onTo make a joke concerning; to ridicule or make fun of.Rate it:

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bust one's chopsTo exert oneself.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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but who's countingUsed as a retort or comeback, often to deprecate oneself or another for excessive concern or attention to.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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buy upTo buy whatever is available of something.Rate it:

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buying timeTo purposely cause a delay to allow you to finish something.Rate it:

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by george, i think she's got itan expression used to express surprise or satisfaction when someone finally understands or accomplishes something; See also "By Jove, I think he's got it"Rate it:

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by jove, i think he's got itan expression used to express surprise or satisfaction when someone finally understands or accomplishes something; see also "By George, I think she's got it"Rate it:

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by oneselfAlone; without assistance, accompaniment, or help from others.Rate it:

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by the numbersTo do something exactly, precisely, or in a formulaic way.Rate it:

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by the wayIncidentally; a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.Rate it:

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c'è del marcio in Danimarcasomething is rotten in the state of DenmarkRate it:

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c'est de l'hébreuit's all Greek to me, a phrase indicating that something's impossible to understand.Rate it:

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c'est de la graine de niaisThat is something to deceive fools with.Rate it:

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c'est du chinoisit's all Greek to me, a phrase indicating that something is impossible to understand.Rate it:

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c'est du russeit's all Greek to me, a phrase indicating that something is impossible to understand.Rate it:

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c'est mon dernier motThat is the last concession I can make; I will not take less.Rate it:

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c'est toujours çaThat is something, at any rate.Rate it:

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