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step on it!A three word command to rush, move now, get with it quickly, respond immediately.Rate it:

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Stir up a Hornet's NestTo stimulate or stir people to get angry or annoyed, to cause a great problem, to invite dangerRate it:

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stretchTo get more use than expected from a limited resource.Rate it:

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stumpedCan't get wagon past a tree stumpRate it:

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suck it up, buttercupget over it; accept a difficult situation keep goingRate it:

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swear downTo promise; swear; give one's word.Rate it:

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sweep the boardTo get enough votes in an election to gain all the seats.Rate it:

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Sweep You Off Your FeetTo leave a fine impression with your emotions and enthusiasm, to get overwhelmed by emotions and feelings of loveRate it:

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take off!An order, a sharp command, a desultory admonition, Take Your Leave, now!, Get Lost!, Leave Town!Rate it:

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take the pissAre you takin' the piss? You'll get yer 'ead bashed in.Rate it:

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take the plungeTo get engaged.Rate it:

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tenir paroleTo keep one’s word.Rate it:

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third personThe words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.Rate it:

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throw oneself atTo make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get someone's romantic attention.Rate it:

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Throw Your Hat into the RingAn individual announcing his or her candidacy for the office elections; or to get you indulged into a challengeRate it:

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tie the knotTo marry, wed, get married.Rate it:

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tit for tatEquivalent retribution, an eye for an eye, returning exactly what you get.Rate it:

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to dig your own graveGet deeper in trouble by complicating matters further.Rate it:

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to theused in rap songs between the letters of a word being spelledRate it:

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tomorrow is another dayTomorrow will bring new opportunities and a fresh start for one's endeavors.1600, author unknown, "Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying" (song), in England's Helicon, printed at London by I.R. for John Flasket:Phil. Yonder comes my Mother, Coridon,whether shall I flie?Cor. Under yonder Beech my lovely one,while she passeth by.Say to her thy true-Love was not heere,remember, remember,to morrow is another day:1896, Amelia E. Barr, A Knight of the Nets, ch. 8:"Well, well, my dear lass, to-night we cannot work, but we may sleep. . . . Keep a still heart tonight, and tomorrow is another day."1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, ch. 63:"Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."2005, Fran Schumer, "JERSEY: In Princeton, Taking On Harvard's Fuss About Women," New York Times, 19 June (retrieved 18 Aug. 2009):"Half of me is depressedRate it:

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tongue-tiedhaving difficulty expressing yourself i.e. when you are nervous or embarrassed; an inability to speak; a condition you are in when you are at a loss for words; when you try to speak and the words get misspoken; NOT to be confused with "tongue-tie" or Ankyloglossia, which is a physical dental/mouth condition that makes speech difficult (among other symptoms)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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toss outTo throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of that has gone bad.Rate it:

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totidem verbis transferreto translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).Rate it:

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touch with a barge poleGet romantically involved with.Rate it:

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traduci ad plebem (Att. 1. 18. 4)to get oneself admitted as a plebeian.Rate it:

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transform and roll outLet's go, get a move on.Rate it:

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tribus verbis te voloa word with you.Rate it:

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un homme d'honneur n'a que sa paroleAn honest man’s word is as good as his bond.Rate it:

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un mot à double ententeA word (or, remark) with two meanings.Rate it:

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until hell freezes overForever; One will never in their life get the results that they want, no matter what they're doing involving the situation.Rate it:

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ups-a-daisyAn exclamation made when encouraging a child to get up after a fall or when lifting a child into the air.Rate it:

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va te faire foutrego get fucked!; go fuck yourself!; get your butt out of here!; fuck you!; fuck off!Rate it:

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va te promener! (fam.)Go to Jericho! Get along with you!Rate it:

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verbum ductum esse a...putareto derive a word from... (used of an etymologist).Rate it:

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verbum e verbo exprimereto translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).Rate it:

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verbum ex aliquo elicereto extract a word from some one.Rate it:

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verbum prorsus nullum intellegerenot to understand a single word.Rate it:

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verbum translatum (Or. 27. 92)a figurative expression; a word used metaphorically.Rate it:

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vete con la música a otra partescram; get outta here; go take a long walk off a short pierRate it:

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virer une brosseto get wasted, drunk, smashedRate it:

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vis et notio verbi, vocabulithe fundamental meaning of a word.Rate it:

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vocabulum angustius valetthe word has a narrow meaning.Rate it:

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vocabulum latius patetthe word has a more extended signification.Rate it:

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vocabulum propriumthe proper term; a word used strictly.Rate it:

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vocabulum, verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word).Rate it:

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vous aurez bon marché de luiYou will easily get the better of him.Rate it:

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vous me donnez sur les nerfsYou get on my nerves; You rile me (fam.).Rate it:

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vox, nomen carendi or simply carere hoc significat (Tusc. 1. 36. 88)the word carere means...Rate it:

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wake up and die rightget a gripRate it:

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