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take a back seatTo be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.Rate 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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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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then againFrom another point of view; on the other hand; on second thought.Rate it:

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third stringA unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.Rate it:

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Throw Your Weight AroundUsing power in a mean way or to threaten; to be in the command in a threatening wayRate it:

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un décrochez-moi-ça (pop.)A reach-me-down (second-hand garment).Rate it:

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your wish is my commandWhatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away.Rate it:

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פעם שלישית גלידהSaid when meeting someone for the second time in a short span : long time no seeRate it:

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