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a chip on your shoulderBeing angry about something that happened in the past; holding a grudge.Rate it:

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about timeFar past the desired time.Rate it:

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an old fuddy, duddyOne Whom Remains Stilted, Unwilling to React in an Up To The Moment Attitude; Dwells in the Past. Rejects modern approaches.Rate it:

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are you feeling betterAsked to find out whether someone has recovered to some degree from past illness or unwellness.Rate it:

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are you for real?Statements, actions. Body language, past history create an image of an individual in a particular situation.Rate it:

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as everconsistent with past behaviour, as expectedRate it:

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back in the dayIn the past; at one time, especially a time which is fondly remembered.Rate it:

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bad old daysthe past, seen as a time when things were worse.Rate it:

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bandwagon fanA fair weather fan that has shown no past loyalty to a team.Rate it:

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be pastTo have recovered from; to no longer believe that an experience is important.Rate it:

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behind its timeShowing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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blast from the pastSomething or someone that a person has not seen for a long time and that which evokes nostalgic feelings.Rate it:

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blow pastTo easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit.Rate it:

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booze upTo drink alcohol past the point of drunkenness.Rate it:

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borne outPast participle of bear out.Rate it:

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bought the farmSimple past tense and past participle of buy the farm: died; often refers to death in battle.Rate it:

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bring backTo cause someone to remember something from the past.Rate it:

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brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.Rate it:

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brush pastTo go by quickly, making slight contact.Rate it:

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bulk billingPresent participle of bulk bill.Rate it:

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bygones be bygones, and fair play for time to comeLet all past wrongs be forgotten, with a resumption of cordial relations.Rate it:

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chickens come home to roostA person's past wrongdoings will always return to negatively affect them.Rate it:

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climbing the wallsPresent participle of climb the walls.Rate it:

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confront one's demonsTo work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.Rate it:

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conscience moneyMoney which is voluntarily paid by a party who feels guilt, and seeks to provide compensation, for some past misdeed or negligence.Rate it:

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cookedsimple past tense and past participle of cookRate it:

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days of yorethe past; bygone days (nostalgic)Rate it:

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Do not regret, it is living in pastIf we regret, we are recalling the past. Should not do it.Rate it:

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done a bunkSimple past tense and past participle of do a bunk.Rate it:

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drag upTo remind people of something, usually unpleasant, from the past.Rate it:

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dyed in the woolSimple past tense and past participle of dye in the wool.Rate it:

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elle est au plus malShe is past recovery.Rate it:

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fallen overpast participle of fall overRate it:

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file pastTo move by in a line or procession and with a serious, often spiritual or deeply emotional purpose.Rate it:

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flutter in the dovecoteI further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.Rate it:

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fly byTo pass or go past quickly, often without much interactionRate it:

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forgive and forgetAbsolve completely for a past wrongdoing; pardon with neither resentment nor a view to retribution.Rate it:

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four score and seven years agoAs an opener, a sometimes sarcastic indicator to indicate a past event being mentioned is particularly important.Rate it:

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fucked oversimple past tense and past participle of fuck someone overRate it:

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fucked upsimple past tense and past participle of fuck upRate it:

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get pastTo cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.Rate it:

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get pastTo cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.Rate it:

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get pastTo get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.Rate it:

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get pastTo continue around a blockage; to get around; to surpass something that is in the way.Rate it:

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get past oneselfTo become able to look beyond one's own ego and negative emotions; to overcome internal and emotional obstacles.Rate it:

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ghost from one's pastSomething unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them to the present day.Rate it:

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go back in timeTo talk about history or the past.Rate it:

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go byTo pass, to go past, without much interaction.Rate it:

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go moggy(usually in the past tense, as in "gone moggy") To break something or to cause something to become disorganized or dysfunctional.Rate it:

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go pastTo surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.Rate it:

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