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a stopped clock is right twice a dayA normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.Rate it:

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against the clockIn a time-restricted manner, to meet a deadline, hurriedly, timed.Rate it:

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against the clockRunning out of time.Rate it:

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albatross round one's neckAlternative form of albatross around one's neck.Rate it:

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and changeAnd some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.Rate it:

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argue round and roundto talk with many digressions, not about subjectRate it:

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around the clockAll the time or seemingly all the time; constantly.Rate it:

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arse aboutTo turn round.Rate it:

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arse aboutThe wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.Rate it:

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ask roundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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ask roundTo invite someone to your house.Rate it:

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barrelA round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.Rate it:

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beat the clockTo perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time limit.Rate it:

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beat the clockTo be used or become operational before a deadline or date of expiration.Rate it:

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beat the clockTo remain youthful; to live a long, healthy life.Rate it:

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beat the clockPerform a task quickly or within a fixed time limit.Rate it:

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bet outTo be the first in a round to put money in the pot.Rate it:

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black and whiteA police patrol car.Rate it:

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bring aroundAlternative form of bring roundRate it:

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bring roundTo resuscitate; to cause to regain consciousness.Rate it:

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bring roundTo bring something when coming.Rate it:

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button noseA nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.Rate it:

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chestnutA round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.Rate it:

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circumvenire vigilias (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)to make the round of the sentries.Rate it:

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clean someone's clockTo defeat decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.Rate it:

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clock inTo be measured at.Rate it:

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clock inTo begin work.Rate it:

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clock is runningAlternative form of clock is tickingRate it:

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clock is tickingTime is running out; a deadline is approaching.Rate it:

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clock offto end workRate it:

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clock outTo transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.Rate it:

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clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.Rate it:

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clock outTo officially record a work-termination time for.Rate it:

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clock upTo accumulate a large amount of time.Rate it:

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clock upTo accumulate a large distance.Rate it:

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come roundTo make a regular circuit.Rate it:

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come roundTo recover consciousness.Rate it:

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come roundTo cease anger or hostility.Rate it:

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come roundTo change one's opinion.Rate it:

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cuckoo clockornate timepieceRate it:

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day and nightAll the time; round the clock; unceasingly.Rate it:

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de tous les instantsperpetual, constant, round-the-clockRate it:

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drop roundto visit somewhere for a short period.Rate it:

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Dutch reckoningUsed other than as an idiom. as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; for example, 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624(?).Rate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly unattractive face.Rate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly attractive face.Rate it:

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fuck roundAlternative form of fuck aroundRate it:

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get round toAlternative form of get around toRate it:

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go roundTo be sufficient, be enoughRate it:

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go roundTo go to another person's home.Rate it:

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