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turn roundTo revolve or rotate around a centre.Rate it:

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turn roundTo turn so as to be facing in the opposite direction.Rate it:

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turn roundTo change one's opinion or attitude.Rate it:

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turn roundTo make revolve, rotate.Rate it:

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turn roundTo put into an opposing position; to reverse.Rate it:

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turn roundTo make ready for departure.Rate it:

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turn roundTo process; to complete work on, especially with a view to sending it on in a finished state.Rate it:

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win roundTo persuade or convince.Rate it:

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against the clockIn a time-restricted manner, to meet a deadline, hurriedly, timed.Rate it:

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black and whiteA police patrol car.Rate it:

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clock upTo accumulate a large amount of time.Rate it:

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day and nightAll the time; round the clock; unceasingly.Rate it:

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Dutch reckoningUsed other than as an idiom. as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; for example, 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624(?).Rate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly unattractive face.Rate it:

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lightning chessA form of chess in which each player must move much faster than normal. Time is controlled by a clock or a buzzer. If a player fails to make the time control he or she forfeits the game. Also known as speed chess.Rate it:

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work against the clockTo work very quickly because you know you only have a very limited period of time to do something.Rate it:

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you can't get a quart into a pint potWhat is being discussed is not possible.They've asked me to get to New York by five o'clock, but you can't get a quart into a pint pot!Rate it:

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a stopped clock is right twice a dayA normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.Rate it:

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clock upTo accumulate a large distance.Rate it:

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stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverseBefore batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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little pitchers have big earsSmall children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).Rate it:

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against the clockRunning out of time.Rate it:

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around the clockAll the time or seemingly all the time; constantly.Rate it:

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je l'ai saisi à bras le corpsI seized him round the waist (in a struggle).Rate it:

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put the clock backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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Santa's workshopThe mythical structure, usually envisioned as located at the North Pole, where Santa Claus and a large number of capable elves work tirelessly and gladly year-round to produce all of the toys and other gifts to be delivered throughout the world on Christmas Day.Rate it:

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and changeAnd some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.Rate it:

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arse aboutTo turn round.Rate it:

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arse aboutThe wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.Rate it:

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barrelA round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.Rate it:

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beat the clockTo perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time limit.Rate it:

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beat the clockTo be used or become operational before a deadline or date of expiration.Rate it:

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beat the clockTo remain youthful; to live a long, healthy life.Rate it:

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beat the clockPerform a task quickly or within a fixed time limit.Rate it:

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bet outTo be the first in a round to put money in the pot.Rate it:

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bring aroundAlternative form of bring roundRate it:

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button noseA nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.Rate it:

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chestnutA round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.Rate it:

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circumvenire vigilias (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)to make the round of the sentries.Rate it:

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clean someone's clockTo defeat decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.Rate it:

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clock inTo be measured at.Rate it:

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clock inTo begin work.Rate it:

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clock is runningAlternative form of clock is tickingRate it:

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clock is tickingTime is running out; a deadline is approaching.Rate it:

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clock offto end workRate it:

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clock outTo transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.Rate it:

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clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.Rate it:

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clock outTo officially record a work-termination time for.Rate it:

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cuckoo clockornate timepieceRate it:

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de tous les instantsperpetual, constant, round-the-clockRate it:

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