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all aboardA cry to passengers to board a train or boat that is soon to depart.Rate it:

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ark ruffianRogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.Rate it:

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backwaterA rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back waterRate it:

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bail outTo remove water from a boat by scooping it out.Rate it:

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boy in the boatClitoris.Rate it:

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cast adriftTo place a person in a ship's boat or raft and leave themRate it:

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come aboutTo tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.Rate it:

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drop anchorTo release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.Rate it:

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even keelA situation in which the boat is level and balanced for a smooth ride.Rate it:

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float someone's boatTo interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.Rate it:

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fresh off the boatNewly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.Rate it:

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from stem to sternOver the full length of a ship or boat, from the front end of the vessel to the back end.Rate it:

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get in the boat and rowTo make a substantial effort, especially in cooperation with others in a group; to perform one's share of work; to show initiative.Rate it:

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go by the boardTo estimate the velocity of a boat or ship in knots by casting overboard the knotted line to whose end is attached the lead and thereafter counting the knots in the line as it goes aft along the side boards of the vessel.Rate it:

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in the same boatIn the same situation or predicament; having the same problems.Rate it:

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In the Same BoatSharing trouble is in the same unpleasant or worse situationRate it:

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kit outTo prepare a boat or vehicle for a voyage or journey.Rate it:

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lay toTo turn towards the wind so that the boat stopsRate it:

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listen to her purradmiring the sound of a boat or car motorRate it:

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miss the boatTo miss out (on something); to be ignorant (of something).Rate it:

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Miss the BoatTo blow your chance, slow to act, to miss out on the chanceRate it:

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miss the boatTo fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.Rate it:

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missed the boatrefers to something someone didn't do and maybe regrets not doing; often followed by "on that" or "on that one"; can also be said sarcasticallyRate it:

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Nantucket sleigh rideAn obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.Rate it:

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narrow boatcanal bargeRate it:

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navem (classem) armare, ornare, instruereto equip a boat, a fleet.Rate it:

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navem capere, intercipere, deprehendereto capture a boat.Rate it:

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navem deducere (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)to launch a boat.Rate it:

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navem expugnareto board and capture a boat.Rate it:

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navem reficereto repair a boat.Rate it:

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navem rostro percutereto charge, ram a boat.Rate it:

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navem subducere (in aridum)to haul up a boat.Rate it:

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navis onerariaa transport or cargo-boat.Rate it:

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nous courons même fortuneWe are rowing in the same boat.Rate it:

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nous sommes logés à la même enseigneWe are both in the same predicament, in the same boat.Rate it:

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push the boat outTo do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.Rate it:

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rock the boatTo disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.Rate it:

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Rock the BoatTo destabilize something or make a situation problematic; creating disturbance or to spoil a planRate it:

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set adriftTo send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it.Rate it:

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stem to sternStem is the main upright timber at the bow of a ship (front) & stern is the rear part of a ship or boat (back) Means entirely or beginning to end.Rate it:

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turn the boatTo make a major change in behavior, strategy, topic under discussion, etc.Rate it:

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whatever floats your boatWhat makes you happy; what stimulates you.Rate it:

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