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let the cat out of the bagA figure of speech relative to someone revealing an important event or secret to the world thereby spoiling the entire thrust of a surprise.Rate it:

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look out for number oneTo act in one's own interests; to act in a manner advantageous primarily to oneself.Rate it:

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lucky dipA game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.Rate it:

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make a mountain out of a molehillTo treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.Rate it:

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Make Heads or Tails Out of SomethingTo be able to understand something completelyRate it:

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make mincemeat out ofTo defeat one's opponent easily and completely during a fight, contest, or debate.Rate it:

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make outTo characterize as; often with to be.Rate it:

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move outTo vacate one's place of residence.Rate it:

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necessity is the mother of inventionA person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it.Rate it:

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nine times out of tenvery often, mostly, most of the timeRate it:

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nous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondusWe went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.Rate it:

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Out in Left FieldUnusual, eccentric, off beatRate it:

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out of house and homeGlobal Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?, Science NOW.Rate it:

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out of orderNot functioning properly.Rate it:

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out of the questionImpossible to even contemplate.Rate it:

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pad outto add something extra to something to make it appear more substantialRate it:

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pass outTo distribute, to hand out.Rate it:

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pay outTo repay, take revenge.Rate it:

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phase outTo remove or relinquish the use of something little by little.Rate it:

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pink slipTo get out of the jobRate it:

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pitch inTo help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's part.Rate it:

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point outTo identify with a bodily gesture, notably by pointing a finger or implement.Rate it:

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pour outTo serve a drink into a cup or glass.Rate it:

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puff outTo inflate.Rate it:

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pull someone's bacon out of the fireTo rescue someone, especially at the last moment.Rate it:

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put awayTo store away, place out of the way, clean up, or organize.Rate it:

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put him in to get him outAn election poster catchphrase, and rallying cry, for imprisoned Republicans to be elected to parliament.Rate it:

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put out of one's miseryTo end or destroy something for the good of the individuals involved in it.Rate it:

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ring outTo sound very loudly.Rate it:

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rule outTo make something impossible.Rate it:

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run outAlternative spelling of runout.Rate it:

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se proripere ex domoto rush out of the house.Rate it:

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sniff outTo find, especially to find something that cannot be seen.Rate it:

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sort outTo fix, as a problem.Rate it:

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spread outTo place items further apart.Rate it:

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squeak outTo achieve something by a small margin.Rate it:

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step asideto move out of one's wayRate it:

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stick outTo persist. See stick it out.Rate it:

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swap outTo exchange for an unused equivalent.Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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take out the trashTo forcefully remove people from a place.Rate it:

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talk out of one's assTo exaggerate, lie, or speak nonsense.Rate it:

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the hell out ofUsed as an intensifier.Rate it:

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thieve outTo walk out of a place stealthily.Rate it:

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thin outTo make or become sparse.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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vote outTo expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.Rate it:

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wimp outTo behave like a wimp.Rate it:

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wipe outTo physically erase something written.Rate it:

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break outTo separate from a bundle.Rate it:

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