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start overTo begin again; to return to the beginning.Rate it:

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take overTo relieve someone temporarily.Rate it:

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take overTo buy out the ownership of a business.Rate it:

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take overTo appropriate something without permission.Rate it:

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talk overTo discuss.Rate it:

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tear awayTo remove oneself reluctantly; often expressed in the negative.Rate it:

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the whole nine yardsAll the way; with everything done completely or thoroughly.Rate it:

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think overTo ponder or reflect on a subject.Rate it:

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think throughTo fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences.Rate it:

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tide overTo support or sustain someone, especially financially, for a limited period.Rate it:

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wet one's pantsto wet oneself, to urinate in one's clothes when they're being worn.Rate it:

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wipe outTo crash, fall over.Rate it:

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take overTo assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.Rate it:

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take a leap of faithjump into the fray, gather all one's wits and plunge, take courage and step into the unknown:Rate it:

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grab by the lapelsTo exert control (over something)Rate it:

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chip shotA shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a goal.Rate it:

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hunker downTo take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.Rate it:

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i'm livin' the dreamI am living, experiencing in my reality my dream of excellence, beauty, success, and all uplifting emotional, actual pleasantries one might only expect in a dream stage: The opposite; I'm living the 'nightmare'!Rate it:

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it ain't over 'til the fat lady singsThere are more developments yet to come.Rate it:

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make awayTo kill oneself, commit suicide.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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sally forth!An archaic military term. To exit a fortified position in order to assault a besieging force. The meaning has become more metaphorical over time.Rate it:

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sisters before mistersA woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband.Rate it:

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a big blow hardOne whom exaggerates, over emphasizes personal prowess and accomplishments.Rate it:

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ice overTo become covered in ice, usually of a body of water.Rate it:

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Leave No Stone UnturnedMake all efforts to accomplish any task or somethingRate it:

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wake up and smell the coffeeTo face reality and stop deluding oneself.Rate it:

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after one's own heartOf a person: having the same ideas, opinions or behaviour as oneself.Rate it:

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get a lifeUsed sarcastically to tell someone who keeps meddling in other people's business, or gossiping about others, to stop obsessing over other people's lives and to concentrate on themselves and do something useful.Rate it:

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watch overTo guard and protect.Rate it:

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a fresh fucked fox in a forest fireSomething which is extremely hot, in any sense. Hot weather, sexual arousal, one who is wanted by the police, etc. are all described as "hotter than..." or "as hot as a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire",Rate it:

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ass over teakettleTumbling upside down.Rate it:

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be up againstTo be challenged by someone or something stronger than oneself.Rate it:

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Bolt from the BlueSome situation or condition, which is quite shocking, unexpected or happens all of a suddenRate it:

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bunk offWe all bunked off school yesterday to watch the football.Rate it:

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button upTo fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.Rate it:

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cat and mouse gameTwo individuals and/or groups repeatedly keeping check on each other in a suspicious or self-protective way, often with the goal of one or both parties trying to gain a malicious advantage over the other.Rate it:

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dicksize warA pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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eat one's WheatiesTo prepare or fortify oneself for an activity requiring exertion.Rate it:

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fail overTo automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.Rate it:

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fall overOf a computer program, to crash.Rate it:

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gloss overTo cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.Rate it:

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guarded rightsThose rights laid down by a constitution as being guaranteed to all individuals in the society; human rights.Rate it:

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handy as "pockets in your underwire"Means "not at all handy"Rate it:

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have someone by the short and curliesto exercise total control over someone.Rate it:

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hold overSomething left from an earlier time.Rate it:

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jump onTo attack someone verbally, or criticise them over strongly for small errors.Rate it:

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knock overTo rob; to stage a heist.Rate it:

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land of plentyA utopia that provides for all one's needsRate it:

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