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olly olly oxen freeA call in a children's game to say that players in hiding are free to come out.Rate it:

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omnes ad arma convocareto issue a general call to arms.Rate it:

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on a first-name basisHaving enough familiarity with another person to call them by their first name, as opposed to their surnameRate it:

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order outTo call a place of service and order food, or other goods, delivered to one's own location.Rate it:

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phone inTo make a telephone call to a broadcasting station, especially to participate in a program being aired.Rate it:

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pocket dialA situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.Rate it:

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put downTo replace the telephone receiver and terminate a call. To hang up.Rate it:

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rake over the coalsTo call to task or to reprimand severely.Rate it:

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reality checkA wake-up call, reminder.Rate it:

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ring aroundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.Rate it:

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ring outTo make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.Rate it:

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roll upUsed to call the attention of potential purchasers.Rate it:

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satellite townA new town planned and built to serve a particular local industry, or as a dormitory or overspill for people who work in a nearby metropolis. Such satellite towns include Port Sunlight near Birkenhead (Cheshire, England), built to house workers at Lever Brothers soap factories.Rate it:

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seagull approachThe occurence of casual, ill-informed and hasty decisions or comments made by outside authorities who lack an understanding of the local issues or a real understanding of the facts of a particular situ.Rate it:

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senatum vocare, convocareto call a meeting of the senate.Rate it:

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senior momenta momentary lapse in memory, especially in an older person; when someone forgets something, especially when they are older, we call this a senior momentRate it:

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side effectA change in state caused by a function call (typically "side-effect").Rate it:

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sing outTo call out.Rate it:

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smear campaignAn effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.Rate it:

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sound outTo speak or sing loudly, to call out.Rate it:

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stanStan must be one of the most famous Kpop slang. it is an acronym of stalker + fan and is self-explanatory. when kpoppers call themselves Stan, they mean to distinguish themselves from being just an ordinary fan.Rate it:

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taillable et corvéable à merciexploitable endlessly; at the beck and call of; at one's biddingRate 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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testari deos (Sull. 31. 86)to call the gods to witness.Rate it:

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the rain in spain stays mainly in the plainEnglish people use this phrase to try to "correct" people's accents to speak what they like to call "proper" English by changing the way words in this sentence are pronounced.Rate it:

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time outTo call for a suspension of activity or conversation.Rate it:

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time outTo call for a time-out.Rate it:

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toast of the townA person, male or female, who is admired and very popular in local society, and who is sought-after to attend parties, public events, etc.Rate it:

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tomorrow is another dayTomorrow will bring new opportunities and a fresh start for one's endeavors.1600, author unknown, "Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying" (song), in England's Helicon, printed at London by I.R. for John Flasket:Phil. Yonder comes my Mother, Coridon,whether shall I flie?Cor. Under yonder Beech my lovely one,while she passeth by.Say to her thy true-Love was not heere,remember, remember,to morrow is another day:1896, Amelia E. Barr, A Knight of the Nets, ch. 8:"Well, well, my dear lass, to-night we cannot work, but we may sleep. . . . Keep a still heart tonight, and tomorrow is another day."1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, ch. 63:"Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."2005, Fran Schumer, "JERSEY: In Princeton, Taking On Harvard's Fuss About Women," New York Times, 19 June (retrieved 18 Aug. 2009):"Half of me is depressedRate it:

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totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutumto be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature.Rate it:

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voilà ce que j'appelle pleuvoirThis is what I call raining with a vengeance.Rate it:

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watering holeA bar or other local drinking establishment.Rate it:

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when in romeAdjust to local customs.Rate it:

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who's callingUsed by a phone-call receiver to ask the identity of the caller.Rate it:

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why not ZoidbergCall of attention to something that is ridiculous.Rate it:

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witha flint and a meat axeA Depression Expression: A violent verbal assertion and call for action as a result of a dirty trick or mischevious misdemeanor.Rate it:

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wrong telephone numberA telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled.Rate it:

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zero rulingTotal freedom without anybody to be call a ruler that will give ordersRate it:

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重症需下猛藥desperate times call for desperate measuresRate it:

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