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at all hoursLate into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.Rate it:

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bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:

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cue upThe act of taking aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.Rate it:

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dummy outFrom a video game in the process of localizing that game from a foreign country.Rate it:

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kick offTo make the first kick in a game or part of a game.Rate it:

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middle for diddleThe throw of a dart to decide who has first throw in a game darts: nearest the bullseye has first throw.Rate it:

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a noite é uma criançathe night is youngRate it:

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ante upTo pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card gameRate it:

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edge outTo win in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.Rate it:

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knock aboutAn informal game, usually football.Rate it:

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luck of the drawA selection rife with low odds of winning. A game of chance. Luck associated with one's propensity for winning.Rate it:

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lucky dipA game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo work hard night and day.Rate it:

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jouer la belleTo play the rubber (or third game, to see which of the players is the conqueror).Rate it:

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nuit blancheAn all-night celebration or festival.Rate it:

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out on the tilesOut for a night on the town.Rate it:

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to thine own self be trueThe easiest person to deceive is oneself."This above all:to thine own self be true,and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man." -William ShakespeareRate it:

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well playedUsed to praise performance in a sport or game.Rate it:

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cross-purposeA conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.Rate it:

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moonlight flita disappearing act, often without paying the rent; supposedly at night by the light of the moon.Rate it:

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or elseGo now, or else you'll have to stay all night.Rate it:

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rake outTo fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung.Rate it:

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thumb-warsInterlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.Rate it:

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a hail maryLast ditch effort to accomplish something; ie: A simple Hail Mary was thrown to win the football game.Rate it:

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ad multam noctemtill late at night.Rate it:

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against the run of playContrary to the flow of the game.Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (S)The pitcher is the last pitcher in a game won by his team;Rate it:

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armchair quarterbacksomeone who sits back and tries to second-guess or give advice about the quarterback, coach or other players, but who is not involved in the gameRate it:

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avoir quinte et quatorzeTo have the game in one’s own hand.Rate it:

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bar starA female who frequents bars or lounges, usually late at night.Rate it:

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bat for both sidesTo be a batter for both teams in an amateur baseball game.Rate it:

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beat upTo get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.Rate it:

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bed downTo put an animal to rest for the night.Rate it:

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bene darkmansGood night; a farewell said in the evening or nighttime.Rate it:

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blow someone out of the waterTo trounce; to defeat someone thoroughly, at a game or in battle.Rate it:

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blow the whistleTo make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.Rate it:

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bona nochyGood night.Rate it:

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bottom of the ninthIn baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.Rate it:

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break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.Rate it:

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buck feverExcitement and nervousness felt by a new hunter upon seeing game.Rate it:

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Burn the Midnight OilTo work overnight, work or study till late nightRate it:

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c'était une partie nulleIt was a drawn game.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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call off the dogsDuring a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.Rate it:

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cat's cradleA children's string game.Rate it:

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cats cradlegame using stringRate it:

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caucus raceA political competition; the game of campaigning and one-upmanship to get votes and be elected.Rate it:

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cela n'est pas du jeu1. That is not fair, not cricket; You are not playing the game. 2. That was not agreed upon.Rate it:

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close of playThe end of the final game (not to be confused with set or match) during a day at the All England Tennis Championships (Wimbledon)Rate it:

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de nocte, de diewhile it is still night, day.Rate it:

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