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off the gridIsolated; in a remote location; in seclusion; not participating in some official process or system.Rate it:

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off the gridIn or into a situation or place in which electricity from the public electricity system is not used.Rate it:

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old boy networkA presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism and usually at the exclusion of certain other people; often specifically at the exclusion of womenRate it:

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old moneyThe imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system.Rate it:

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old moneyThe monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation and consisting of pounds, shillings, and pence.Rate it:

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on l'a mis dedans (fam.)1. They took him in (i.e. they deceived him). 2. They ran him in (i.e. they put him in prison).Rate it:

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pay one's debt to societyTo serve time in prison or a similar correctional facility.Rate it:

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put awayTo send someone to prison.Rate it:

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rat's nestA software or hardware system whose design lacks organized structure, making it difficult to understand and maintain.Rate it:

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ratio; disciplina, ratio et disciplina; arssystem.Rate it:

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real timeThe time duration required by a computer system to complete a particular taskRate it:

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reinvent the wheelTo redo work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily; to rethink an already working system, technique, etc. in a pointless attempt to improve it.Rate it:

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ring outTo make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.Rate it:

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send downTo commit to a prison term.Rate it:

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send upTo be put in prison.Rate it:

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serve timeTo be in prison or a similar institute.Rate it:

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slop outTo throw out the waste from the chamberpot in a prison cell.Rate it:

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socialized medicineAn umbrella term for any system of government-run health care.Rate it:

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starting priceThe final odds on a horse when the race starts; also used to designate a system of fixed-odds betting using such prices. Abbreviation: SP.Rate it:

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teething troublesSmall problems such as are to be expected with some any new and untried system or product.Rate it:

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totam rationem evertere (pass. iacet tota ratio)to upset the whole system.Rate it:

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up the riverUp The River To Sing Sing PrisonRate it:

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up the riverTo prison.Rate it:

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vitae ratio bene ac sapienter institutaa sound and sensible system of conduct.Rate it:

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