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baby-killera Vietnam veteran returning to the United States, used by war opponentsRate it:

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back in harnessTo be restored to one's employment or office. Often said of someone returning to work after recovering from illness.Rate it:

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come full circleTo complete a cycle of transition, returning to the point of origin.Rate it:

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day outAn excursion, returning home on the same day.Rate it:

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full circleThrough a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.Rate it:

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il demeure à l'étranger sans esprit de retourHe is living abroad without thinking of returning.Rate it:

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make a beelineA straight and direct course made by a bee returning to its hive.Rate it:

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night outGoing away from one's usual residence for an entire night, and returning the next day.Rate it:

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occhio per occhioan eye for an eye equivalent retribution, tit for tat, returning exactly what you get.Rate it:

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pan per focacciatit for tat equivalent retribution, an eye for an eye, returning exactly what you get.Rate it:

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pop outTo leave a room or building with the expectation of returning soon.Rate it:

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postliminium (De Or. 1. 40. 181)a returning from exile to one's former privileges.Rate it:

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smell the barnTo experience heightened anticipation or to act with renewed speed or energy as one approaches a destination, goal, or other desired outcome, like a livestock animal at day's end returning to its barn.Rate it:

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tit for tatEquivalent retribution, an eye for an eye, returning exactly what you get.Rate it:

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widow's walkA roof-top walkway or balcony associated with the homes of early sea captains from which the wife could see far out to sea and hope to catch a glimpse of her returning husband's ship...or not. Sailing in wooden ships and/or whaling was a hazardous business.Rate it:

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