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bring a knife to a gunfightTo enter into a confrontation or other challenging situation without being adequately equipped or prepared.Rate it:

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bring aboutTo accomplish, achieve.Rate it:

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bring aroundAlternative form of bring roundRate it:

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bring down the hammerTo treat very harshly.Rate it:

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bring down the houseSpawn overwhelming agreement, acceptance, appreciation, applause as a result of a speech, magic act, athletic, dramatic, vocal, jocular or mime offering.Rate it:

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bring down the houseTo garner enthusiastic or wild applause.Rate it:

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Bring Down the HouseTo have a lively or enthusiastic audience, Lots of clapping, hooting and noiseRate it:

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bring forwardTo make something happen earlier than originally planned.Rate it:

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bring inTo move something indoors.Rate it:

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bring inTo return a verdict in a court of law.Rate it:

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bring it onUsed to indicate one's willingness to accept a challenge, confront a threat, etc.Rate it:

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bring it on around jimmya phrase off of an old show on TV maybe a country western show? about bringing the wagon aroundRate it:

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bring it weakTo fail to accomplish an accomplishable task or to make an attempt at less than maximum effort; to "half-ass" or "fake the funk".Rate it:

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bring lowTo embarrass or humiliate.Rate it:

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bring onTo cause.Rate it:

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bring onTo pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.Rate it:

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bring onTo make something appear, as on a stage or a place of competition.Rate it:

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bring one's arse to an anchorTo sit down.Rate it:

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bring outTo make a shy person more confident.Rate it:

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bring outOn the market; roll out.Rate it:

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bring out in a rashto rile someone upRate it:

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bring overTo cause to change allegiance or point of view.Rate it:

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bring overUsed other than as an idiom: see bring, over.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensForgive me, then, for bringing owls to Athens as a thanks-offering. — Goethe, in a letter to Wilhelm von Humboldt.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensWho brings owls to Athens? — Euelpides, in Aristophanes' Birds.Rate it:

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bring toTo restore consciousness.Rate it:

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bring toTo make something equal to a different amount.Rate it:

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bring toTo turn into the wind; to check the course of by trimming the sails so as to counteract each other.Rate it:

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bring to a boilTo heat something until it reaches its boiling point.Rate it:

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bring to bearTo aim a weapon at a target.Rate it:

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bring to heelTo be forced to obey.Rate it:

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bring to heelTo force someone to obey.Rate it:

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bring to lightTo expose or disclose something that was hidden or unknown.Rate it:

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bring togetherTo cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness.Rate it:

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bring uprearRate it:

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bring up againstTo cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.Rate it:

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bring up toTo raise so that it reaches a particular standard or minimum requirement.Rate it:

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at homeAt ease, comfortable.Rate it:

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e.t. phone homefamous line from the movie E.T. (Extra Terrestrial)Rate it:

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hit a home runAccomplish a difficult task, design a spectacular approach, display an outstanding solution.Rate it:

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home and dryHaving safely reached one's target.Rate it:

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home runSexual Intercourse.Rate it:

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home trainingHome-taught manners and social etiquette.Rate it:

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nothing to write home aboutNot exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.Rate it:

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Till The Cows Come HomeFor a very long timeRate it:

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Yankee go homeUnited States people go back to your country; used to express anger or opposition at American presence in a foreign land.Rate it:

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charity begins at homeyou should primarily pay attention to your own family needs, then care to the others.Rate it:

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home field advantageUsually in sports, the heightened performance enjoyed by the team playing on its own familiar field in front of its home crowd.Rate it:

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home in onTo focus or narrow down to something; to find or draw closer, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.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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