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put downTo place a baby somewhere to sleep.Rate it:

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put foot to assTo beat the shit out of someone or something; whoop assRate it:

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

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slow-walkTo delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.Rate it:

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take overTo buy out the ownership of a business.Rate it:

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toiletpaperphobiathe fear of running out of toilet paperRate it:

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travel junkieWho are using their time and money to seek out adventure holidays and travel.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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woman among womenA remarkable or superior woman who stands out from others; a leader or exemplar for others.Rate it:

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cold hands, warm heart; dirty feet, no sweetheart!A few old timer's "fun" way to compliment a lady & to find out if she could be courted.Rate it:

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e pluribus unumA national motto of the United States of America, meaning "From many, one", or "out of many, one", referring to the integration of 13 independent colonies into one country, and that has taken an additional meaning, giving the pluralistic nature of American society from immigration.Rate it:

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put awayTo strike out a batter.Rate it:

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old schoolCharacteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.Rate it:

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there are plenty more fish in the seaThere are many more potential opportunities available; often said meaning that there are many more people in whom to find love; said when consoling someone who just came out of a relationshipRate it:

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empty promiseA promise that is either not going to be carried out, worthless or meaningless.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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the sky is the limitNothing is impossible or out of reachRate 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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take awayTo remove something and put it in a different place.Rate it:

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bend the truthTo change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.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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Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the BushIt is better to remain satisfied with what you have earned or you have got, rather than craving for what is out of reach or difficult to get hold ofRate it:

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bring aboutTo cause to take place.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.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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fall by the waysideTo fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out.Rate it:

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go the way of the dinosaursTo go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to go off the firsthand market; to become a thing of the past.Rate it:

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golden duckThe score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball faced.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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hose downTo put out or reduce a fire by squirting water on the fire with a hose.Rate it:

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Kill Two Birds with One StoneTo achieve or carry out two things with one effort, to do two things in one actionRate 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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lay upTo take out of active service.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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nous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondusWe went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.Rate it:

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pink slipTo get out of the jobRate it:

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pitch inTo help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's part.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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se proripere ex domoto rush out of the house.Rate it:

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step asideto move out of one's wayRate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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