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go out like a lightTo fall asleep quickly.Rate it:

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have a cowTo get angry; have a fit.Rate it:

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iron outTo remove with an iron.Rate it:

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out of house and homeHelping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home, The Progressive Animal Welfare Society.Rate it:

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out of one's faceDrunk; intoxicated; inebriated.Rate it:

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pour outTo talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.Rate it:

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square offTo get ready for a fight.Rate it:

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the sky is the limitNothing is impossible or out of reachRate it:

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year in, year outDuring every year; always.Rate it:

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round outTo make more complete by adding details.Rate it:

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call outTo specify, especially in detail.Rate it:

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eat one's hatUsed in a result clause to express disbelief in the conditional clause proposition.Rate it:

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Out of Sight, Out of MindYou forget people that are no longer visible, if you don’t see someone for a while, you tend to forgetRate it:

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truth will outA mystery will always be solved, or a truth will always be discoveredTruth will eventually and inevitably be discovered.Rate it:

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da arse is gone right out of 'erAlternative form of arse is gone right out of 'erRate it:

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eat outTo dine at a restaurant or such public place.Rate it:

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pin downTo corner somebody in order to get a firm answer.Rate it:

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roll out the red carpetTo extend the utmost hospitality; to treat someone as an honored guest; to welcome or host, especially in a showy or extravagant manner.Rate it:

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act outTo go through the process of a scene from a play, a charade or a pointless exercise.Rate it:

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air outTo expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate.Rate it:

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back outTo reverse a vehicle from a confined space.Rate it:

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bang outTo do something quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner.Rate it:

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bash outTo write something very quickly, without much thought.Rate it:

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bed outTo transfer a young plant from an inside location such as a greenhouse to an outdoors flower bed.Rate it:

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bend the truthTo change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.Rate it:

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Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the BushIt is better to remain satisfied with what you have earned or you have got, rather than craving for what is out of reach or difficult to get hold ofRate it:

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blot outTo obscure.Rate it:

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blown out of the waterthoroughly and decisively defeated, proven wrong, or discredited.Rate it:

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bottle outTo fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage.Rate it:

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break outTo begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.Rate it:

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break out of your shellWhen someone is a little shy.Rate it:

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bring outTo cause a visible symptom such as spots or a rash.Rate it:

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bug outTo abandon someone without warning.Rate it:

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burn outTo tire due to overwork.Rate it:

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burn outTo extinguish due to lack of fuel.Rate it:

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bust outto reveal, to showRate it:

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call outTo order into service; to summon into service.Rate it:

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call outTo arrange for a professional to call at your home for some purpose.Rate it:

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check outUsed to draw attention to something and stimulate excitement about it.Rate it:

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check outTo leave in a hurry.Rate it:

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check outTo withdraw an item, as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded.Rate it:

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chuck outTo discard, to dispose of.Rate it:

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Don't Look a Gift Horse in the MouthDon’t complain if you get gift that is not as good as you expect; accept what you've been given without analyzing its valueRate 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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drop out of warpDis-engage the cruise control on the carRate it:

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eat outTo perform cunnilingus.Rate it:

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edge outTo win in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.Rate it:

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fall by the waysideTo fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out.Rate it:

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farm outTo subcontract some task to another; to outsource.Rate it:

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fly out of the trapsto start quickly.Rate it:

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