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21 gun saluteA British / Colonial practice of firing 21 artillery pieces or rifles as a way of honouring someone / something.Rate it:

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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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after the jumpUsed to introduce an inline advertisement in a webpage etc.Rate it:

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barrelA metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.Rate it:

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big gunA large-caliber artillery piece.Rate it:

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big gunSomeone who is powerful or influential most often in plural form.Rate it:

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blow offTo shoot something with a gun, causing it to come disconnected.Rate it:

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bridge the gapOvercome the absence, fill the void, bypass the blokckage, jump the gulf, change the route:Rate it:

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bulletproofCapable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.Rate it:

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bunny hopA jump made where both wheels leave the ground.Rate it:

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bust a capTo fire a weapon; to shoot with a gun.Rate it:

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c'est comme le couteau de jeannotThat is like the Irishman’s gun (said of anything that has been mended so often as to have nothing of the original left).Rate it:

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catch airTo make a jump.Rate it:

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catch big airSuperlative of catch air; make a big jump high off the ground.Rate it:

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dar brincosTo jump, leap.Rate it:

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don't think twice!In general; A strongly worded. forcefully delivered non-military admonishment to another individual of equal or unequal rank for immediate unquestionable immediate physical action, acceptance of proposal, signature of instant acceptance, 'second the motion'! 'jump the gap', 'sever the line', 'jump overboard'!, "BAIL-OUT!",Rate it:

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double dutchA game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.Rate it:

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eat one's gunTo commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.Rate it:

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flying startThe start of a sports event in which the competitors are moving when they pass the starting line or initial jump point.Rate it:

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get a jump onTo start early, especially to start before something begins or before others begin.Rate it:

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give it the gunLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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go jump in the lakeUsed to tell a person to go away, or that their request will not be met.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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gun downTo kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.Rate it:

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gun forTo strive for the downfall or diminution of another.Rate it:

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gun forTo pursue as a goal; to work hard to achieve.Rate it:

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gun itTo accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.Rate it:

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gunner's daughterThe gun to which sailors were tied to be flogged.Rate it:

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gunshyBeing afraid to use a gun.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of his or her employer.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed to advance the interests of his or her employer, especially in a vigorous manner using such methods as political lobbying, legal advocacy, or persuasion.Rate it:

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hop, skip, and a jumpa short distanceRate it:

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is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see meIndicates the speaker has noticed an erection underneath the interlocutor's clothes.Rate it:

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jumpThat is further forward.Rate it:

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jumpTo propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.Rate it:

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jumpTo employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.Rate it:

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jumpTo employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.Rate it:

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jumpTo force to jump.Rate it:

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jumpTo cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.Rate it:

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jumpTo attack suddenly and violently.Rate it:

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jumpBy jerking the body violently.Rate it:

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jump aboutTo move erratically by jumping. Usually as a result of being excited.Rate it:

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jump aboutTo move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly. Usually as a result of being nervous.Rate it:

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jump aroundTo move erratically by jumping. Usually as a result of being excited.Rate it:

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jump aroundTo move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly. Usually as a result of being nervous.Rate it:

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jump atTo accept something enthusiastically. Usually an opportunity, or chance, or job etc.Rate it:

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jump at the chanceTo immediately accept an offer.Rate it:

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jump bailTo abscond while in a bail statusRate it:

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jump before one is pushedto perform an action before being forced to do so.Rate it:

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jump downTo leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump.Rate it:

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