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get a roomA jocular or sarcastic expression commanding a couple to stop displaying affection in public, and to rent a hotel or motel room to continue amorous activities in private.Rate it:

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give overUsually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.Rate it:

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in the woodsIn critical condition; near death's door.Rate it:

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just a secondStop; wait. Used to indicate that the speaker wishes the previous speaker or the proceedings to stop so that he or she can comment on what has been said or has happened so far.Rate it:

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keep hope aliveEven if something seems to become more and more unlikely, do not stop believing in it.Rate it:

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kick itDance; get on the dance floor.Rate it:

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leave someone high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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smoking like a chimney !this is used to describe a person who is chain smoker or smoking non stop.Rate it:

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straighten up and fly rightTo get serious and stop acting absurd, to get focusedRate it:

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turn offTo power down; to stop a device by switching it off.Rate it:

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were you born in a tentAn admonishment said to someone who has left a door open.Rate it:

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yeetus muc feetus and i will self deletusYall stop messin with me or I’ll explodeRate it:

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zip one's lipTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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zone outTo stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing.Rate it:

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bail out onTo abandon, or stop supporting someone or something.Rate it:

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cut the crapto stop lying.Rate it:

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leave somebody high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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put downTo set down, stop carrying, or place in a low location.Rate it:

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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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buzz upTo allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.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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doss downTo sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.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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il était à deux doigts de la mortHe was at death’s door, within an ace of death.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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Christmas tree billA bill consisting of many riders that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments, which may provide special benefits to various groups or interests.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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knock upIn the morning as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.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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born in a barnEngaging in the annoying behavior of inappropriately, and usually neglectfully, leaving open a door or window.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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bar upto fit with bars (e.g. across a window or door)Rate it:

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