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pull awayTo move ahead.Rate it:

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bear downTo press down on someone.Rate it:

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against the grainTo sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.Rate it:

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Get This Show on the RoadGet something moving, step ahead and keep goingRate it:

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center fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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what's goodwhat is your problem. Example: And now back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press. Miley, what's good?Rate it:

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after youA gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.Rate it:

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allez-ygo ahead; go onRate it:

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argumentum premere (not urgere)to persist in an argument, press a point.Rate it:

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bank upTo press a mound of something against something else.Rate it:

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daylightThe space between platens on a press or similar machinery.Rate it:

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el que no transa no avanza"he who does not compromise, does not progress"; "he who does not cheat, does not get ahead"Rate it:

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Follow Your NoseIn straight direction, to go ahead straightRate it:

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forge overTo press on regardless of hindrances.Rate it:

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forty minutes of hellThe NCAA strategy of playing a suffocating full-court press and aggressive offense for the entirety of a game.Rate it:

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fouette, cocher!Fire away! Go ahead!Rate it:

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fourth estateJournalism or journalists considered as a group; the Press.Rate it:

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fugientibus instareto press the fugitives.Rate it:

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go publicMake public, announce publicly or to the press.Rate it:

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go wildGo ahead; do as you please used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in the outcome of the proposal.Rate it:

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il y a un point noir à l'horizonThere are breakers ahead.Rate it:

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it's all grist to the millEverything referred to in the present context has some sort of use.1999, Simon Blackburn, Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy (Oxford University Press paperback, ISBN 0199690871), ch. 7 section 6: "KantRate it:

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je vous en prieplease do, go ahead, be my guest.Rate it:

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jump the queueTo move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.Rate it:

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keep upTo stay even or ahead.Rate it:

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kiss meI informally request that you kiss me—that you touch my lips with your lips or press the lips against, as an expression of love or affection.Rate it:

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knock oneself outTo go ahead; to do as one pleasesRate it:

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little did [they] know/realize/imagineThey weren't aware of something ahead of time; they didn't know some important information before making a decision/acting.Rate it:

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novissimos premereto press the rearguard.Rate it:

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over one's skisActing or speaking prematurely; getting get ahead of oneself.Rate it:

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PLOKTAInitialism of press lots of keys to abort.Rate it:

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put the pedal to the metalThe literal meaning is to press the gas pedal to the maximum extent; see our other entry for the figurative meaning this phrase has also come to meanRate it:

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shoot off at the mouthDon't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.Rate it:

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steal a march onTo get ahead of someone or something by starting earlier.Rate it:

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stretchTo sail by the wind under press of canvas.Rate it:

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the fourth estatethe press; the profession of journalism.Rate it:

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tooth and nailTaking everything bodily you possibly could offer/ use to get the job or task done, usually referring to an tough battle ahead. Battle usually a physical fight, or harsh obstacles were to be meet with this plight, but you or many were going to give it your all.Rate it:

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vas-ygo ahead; go onRate it:

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笑貧不笑娼the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer povertyRate it:

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