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sleep roughTo sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.Rate it:

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vaulting schoolUsed other than as an idiom: see vaulting, school. (A place where one learns to vault.)Rate it:

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and shitUsed after a noun or list of nouns in place of "etc".Rate it:

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look aroundTo search a place.Rate it:

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sneak offTo leave a place, or a meeting, without being seen or heard.Rate it:

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twenty-five cent wordAn uncommon word, often used in place of a more common one with the intent to appear sophisticated.Rate it:

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been there, done thatAn assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is now bored.Rate it:

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non - aphabetical orderTo place words in Z-A AlphabeticalRate it:

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eat outTo dine at a restaurant or such public place.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something and put it in a different place.Rate it:

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between scylla and charybdisSimilar in meaning to between a rock and a hard place.Rate it:

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bring aboutTo cause to take place.Rate it:

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ears are burningBeing the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.Rate it:

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hang inTo remain in a particular place or status.Rate it:

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have one's hand in the tillTo embezzle, to steal from one's place of business.Rate it:

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keep outTo restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.Rate it:

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know like the back of one's handTo be intimately knowledgeable about something, especially a place.Rate it:

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lay offTo place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.Rate it:

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move outTo vacate one's place of residence.Rate it:

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put awayTo store away, place out of the way, clean up, or organize.Rate it:

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put upTo place in a high location.Rate it:

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rock upTo turn up to a place or function unexpectedly, or without notice or prior warning.Rate it:

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run awayTo leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.Rate it:

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spread outTo place items further apart.Rate it:

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take out the trashTo forcefully remove people from a place.Rate it:

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the streets are paved with goldUsed to describe a place where it is easy to become wealthy or live well.Rate it:

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thieve outTo walk out of a place stealthily.Rate it:

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three in the pink one in the stinkTo place your three fingers inside a vagina and your fourth finger inside the anusRate it:

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back of beyondA very remote place.Rate it:

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take a bulletto sacrifice oneself for another; to put oneself in harm's way in place of anotherRate it:

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keep out ofTo restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.Rate it:

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בין הפטיש והסדןcaught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard placeRate it:

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lay downTo lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.Rate it:

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all hell breaks looseVi A place or state of fury, turmoil, destruction, or chaos.Rate it:

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build downIn solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of higher value.Rate it:

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

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Cambric TeaPlace one Tsp Sugar, one 1/4 Cup Milk in Mug or Coffee Cup, Add boiling Water to Brim While Stirring: When Temperature of 'Tea' Becomes Drinkable, You 'KIDZ" Drink Your 'Cambric Tea'; B-4 It Gitz KOLD!Rate it:

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hang the moonTo place the moon in the sky: used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation.Rate it:

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home is where you hang your hatRather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.1948, Ruth L. Yorck, "D.P.Rate it:

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je ne sais plus où j'en suis1. I have lost the place where I left off (in reading, etc.). 2. I do not know what I am about.Rate it:

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make a moveTo depart from a place.Rate it:

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paradise on earthAn ideal or idyllic place.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomA place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature.Rate it:

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take it outsideTo take a fight to a more violent level, especially by moving it to an outside place.Rate it:

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23 Skidoo Street[c. 1900] A fictitious place or a generic place that could refer to any location.Rate it:

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a force for goodsomething or someone, or an action that inspires or stands for morals, principles, laws and makes the world a a more fair and just placeRate it:

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across the boardA racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.Rate it:

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aliquem in insidiis locare, collocare, ponereto place some one in ambush.Rate it:

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aliquem in rogum imponereto place on the funeral-pyre.Rate it:

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all over hell's half acreAll over the place; everywhere.Rate it:

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