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bridge	An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bring it on around jimmy	a phrase off of an old show on TV maybe a country western show? about bringing the wagon around	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
circle the wagons	To draw a wagon train into a circle to allow the wagons to provide cover when under attack.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cold as a wagon tire	Dead.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fall off the wagon	To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fix someone's wagon	To punish someone; to cause injury, distress, or inconvenience for someone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Fix Your Wagon	To punish someone, to deal someone with annoyance and criticism causing his or her failure	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hitch one's wagon to a star	To commit to an aspirational goal or course of action that will lead to fulfillment.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
Hitch Your Wagon to a Star	To reach at the top of something, to have high aims and ambitions	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
hitch your wagon to a star!	Myriad individuals attach mysterious, magical, mythical powers and emotional magnetism to heavenly bodies, stars, planets, suns and moons.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
like buzzards on a gut wagon	To get right on something. To do something promptly.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
mind the gap	Be careful of the gap between the vehicle and the platform it is near, in boarding or alighting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
off the wagon	No longer maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from an undesirable habit, especially drinking alcohol.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the wagon	By extension, maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from some other undesirable habit.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
paint the wagon	To get things done.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
she would rip a dog off a gut wagon	A gut wagon was a horse drawn wagon that was used for collecting butcher's scraps for further processing. The wagons were often followed by determined and persistent dogs intent on eating the contents of the wagon. It took a great deal of effort to keep these dogs away from or off the wagon. A person's appearance ugly or objectionable enough to discourage or scare the dogs from the gut wagon would be ugly indeed.	Rate it: (4.67 / 3 votes)
soapbox	A crate for packing soap, or, by extension, any inexpensive crude platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it, especially when used for speeches.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stumped	Can't get wagon past a tree stump	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the wheels came off the wagon	Synonym of the wheels fell off	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the wheels fell off the wagon	Synonym of the wheels fell off	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)