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bury the hatchetTo stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.Rate it:

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clamp down onTo take measures to stop something; to put an end to.Rate it:

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cut it outTo stop; refrain from; halt.Rate it:

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cut the crapto stop talking about irrelevant things.Rate it:

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hold backTo contain; stop.Rate it:

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hold the lineTo stop a conversation to think about, or reply to someone.Rate it:

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jack inTo stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.Rate it:

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kick outTo stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly.Rate it:

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peel outTo start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.Rate it:

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stem the tideTo slow or stop the increase.Rate it:

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take againstTo stop liking someone. Become unfriendly.Rate it:

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call it quitsTo conclude; to quit or stop an activity.Rate it:

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rein inTo stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins.Rate it:

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stand downTo wait; to stop pursuing or fighting.Rate it:

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wake up and smell the coffeeTo face reality and stop deluding oneself.Rate it:

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get a lifeUsed sarcastically to tell someone who keeps meddling in other people's business, or gossiping about others, to stop obsessing over other people's lives and to concentrate on themselves and do something useful.Rate it:

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back upSo as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.Rate it:

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fuck aboutTo waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.Rate it:

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get off one's high horseTo stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.Rate it:

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go awayGo away, stop annoying me!.Rate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stickTry the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isnRate it:

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close downTo stop trading as a business.Rate it:

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put downTo halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.Rate it:

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point of no returnThe point in any journey, process, or sequence of events when it is no longer possible to reverse course or stop the process.Rate it:

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red mistAnger sufficient to cloud judgement, to stop clear thinking.Rate it:

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butt outdon't be involved in (stop interfering in) what someone else is doingRate it:

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call forTo stop at a place and ask for.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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time and tide wait for no manpeople cannot stop the passing of time, and therefore we should not delay doing thingsRate it:

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#pitstoptoyourpurposeHashtag, phrase, ministry, movement by Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe how the storms of life are just a temporary stop en route to one's divine destiny; As creator of the phrase and hashtag, De Bouse is the first to use #pitstoptoyourpurpose on social media and online anywhere.Rate it:

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agree to disagreeTo tolerate each other's opinion and stop arguing; to acknowledge that an agreement will not be reached.Rate it:

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backwaterA rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back waterRate it:

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belt upTo stop talking or chattering; shut up.Rate it:

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brace aboxTo bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.Rate it:

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break upTo stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.Rate it:

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can't helpIs unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening.Rate it:

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Cat Got Your TongueTo not answer any query, to stop saying anything if one ask somethingRate it:

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cease and desistTo stop and not resume an action.Rate it:

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charge downTo run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward.Rate it:

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cheese itA minced oath used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee.Rate it:

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choke offTo stop a person in the execution of a purpose.Rate it:

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clam upTo become silent; to stop talking, to shut up.Rate it:

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clap outTo fail, to stop working.Rate it:

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come toTo stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.Rate it:

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come to an endTo stop; to cease; to no longer continue.Rate it:

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conk outTo stop functioning.Rate it:

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cop oneself onto cop on, stop behaving immaturelyRate it:

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cry uncleTo beg for mercy; to give up; to ask to stop (something painful or unbearable).Rate it:

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deversari apud aliquem (Att. 6. 1. 25)to stop with a person, be his guest for a short time when travelling.Rate it:

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dieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.Rate it:

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