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fill one's faceTo eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.Rate it:

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fill one's handTo draw one's handgun, especially for an armed confrontation.Rate it:

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find it in one's heartTo feel compassionate, especially in order to forgive someoneRate it:

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find one's feetTo grow in confidence in a new situation as one gains experience.Rate it:

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find one's placeTo locate where had most recently stopped reading, in order to resume reading.Rate it:

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find one's placeTo discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.Rate it:

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find one's voiceTo become willing or able to talk or otherwise express one's opinions.Rate it:

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flap one's gumsTo speak idly; to talk without effect.Rate it:

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flip one's wigTo act in an irrational manner or appear to be temporarily insane.Rate it:

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fold one's tentTo withdraw, especially in a discreet manner; to disengage; to quit.Rate it:

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for all one is worthIntensely, vigorously, with as much effort as one can supply.Rate it:

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for one's lifeextremely desperatelyRate it:

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for one's particularFor one's part; as far as one is concerned.Rate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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free, white, and twenty-onebeholden to no one; master of one's own destiny.Rate it:

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frog in one's throatAny temporary physical difficulty in speaking.Rate it:

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fruit of one's loinsOne's child, children, or descendents.Rate it:

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fruit of one's loinsC. 1950, Kay Boyle, "Adam's Death" in Fifty Stories , ISBN 9780811212069, p. 541.Rate it:

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get (one’s) comeuppance(1) Punishment or reward for one's actions; (2) getting what you have coming to you; (3) getting what you deserve; (4) karma.Rate it:

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get it how one livesTo achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.Rate it:

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get it into one's headimagineRate it:

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get one over onAlternative form of put one overRate it:

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get one's ass in gearTo exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.Rate it:

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get one's butt somewhereGo somewhere, especially quickly.Rate it:

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get one's claws outTo prepare to attack or retaliateRate it:

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get one's feet wetTo begin gaining experience; To take a risk and try something new.Rate it:

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get one's fillto be satisfied, to have enough of something.Rate it:

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get one's finger outTo proceed with the matter in hand.Rate it:

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get one's foot in the doorTo initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job.Rate it:

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get one's freak onTo have sex.Rate it:

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get one's freak onTo dance.Rate it:

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get one's freak onTo go crazy; to freak out.Rate it:

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get one's hands onTo get; to obtain; to secure.Rate it:

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get one's head aroundTo understand; fathom; solve.Rate it:

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get one's hopes upTo become enthusiastic about something that is going to happen.Rate it:

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get one's juices flowingto sexually excite, to tantalize.Rate it:

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get one's knickers in a twistTo become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.Rate it:

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get one's marching ordersTo be dismissed disgracefully.Rate it:

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get one's shine boxUsed as an insult.Rate it:

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get one's shirt outTo become angry or annoyed; to lose one's temper.Rate it:

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get one's shorts in a knotAlternative form of get one's knickers in a twist.Rate it:

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get one's skates onTo start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.Rate it:

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get one's tits in a wringerTo get into troubleRate it:

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get one's wires crossedTo get confused or mixed up; to make a mistake.Rate it:

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get something off one's chestAlternative form of get off one's chest.Rate it:

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get through one's headTo come to terms with a fact, a state of affairs, etc. that one was previously unable or refusing to accept.Rate it:

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get what's coming to oneTo experience the consequences of one's action.Rate it:

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ghost from one's pastSomething unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them to the present day.Rate it:

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gird up one's loinsTo prepare oneself for something demanding.Rate it:

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give as good as one getsTo behave toward others in a manner resembling or commensurate with their behavior towards oneself, especially in a situation where one is insulted or otherwise ill-treated.Rate it:

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