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run a mileTo escape, flee or leave a situation or relationship, usually as a result of a shocking or sudden announcement or revelation.Rate it:

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see intoTo perceive the truth about, especially of future events.Rate it:

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ships that pass in the nightTwo or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so.Rate it:

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sidepiecesexDescribes extra-marital or extra-relational physically intimate interaction with one other than one's spouse or longterm partner, with whom one also has some form of established relationship; term, song, and hastag by American Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe one of the acts in which her abusive ex-fiance may have been engaged, while absent from the home daily for 15 hours.Rate it:

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split updiscontinue or no longer be committed in a relationship or partnership; separate, divorce, disassociateRate it:

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start off on the right footTo begin well, especially to begin a relationship well.Rate it:

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start off on the wrong footTo begin badly; especially, to begin a relationship badly.Rate it:

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step outTo date, to be in a romantic relationship.Rate it:

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straight goodsThe truth; the facts.Rate it:

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stretchTo stretch the truth; to exaggerate.Rate it:

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strike out into unknown territoryVenture forth into a new or unknown business, theme, vacation, personal relationship or program.Rate it:

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take backTo resume a relationship.Rate it:

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take up withTo form a close relationship with someone.Rate it:

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that’s about the size of itThat is the truth of the matter; that sums it up -Said to confirm a person’s assessment of a situationRate it:

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the reality isThe truth isRate it:

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them's the factsThat's the truth, that's how it is; frequently used in reference to an unfortunate truth.Rate it:

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throw overto end a romantic/sexual relationship with.Rate it:

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toda brincadeira tem um fundo de verdadethere's a grain of truth in every jokeRate it:

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tôt ou tard la vérité se fait jourSooner or later the truth will come out.Rate it:

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try it onTo try to start a sexual relationship.Rate it:

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verdade seja ditatruth be toldRate it:

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veri inquisitio atque investigatiozealous pursuit of truth.Rate it:

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veri videndi, investigandi cupiditaslove of truth.Rate it:

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verum dicere, profiterito speak the truth, admit the truth.Rate it:

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vouch forTo affirm the truth or reliability of.Rate it:

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war of nervesA situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.Rate it:

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we're goodthere is nothing wrong between us; our relationship is okay, not in jeopardy; alternate way of saying it: we goodRate it:

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what's real one time?Asking in a general way of speaking,"WTF?" at such a time when the truth is strayed from. Shout out to what's really the deally.Rate it:

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who are youShort for: Who are you and what have you done with {the person I know--ie. my friend, my wife, etc, whatever relationship you have with the listener) Besides the normal meaning to ask who someone is, this phrase is something usually said in jest ( jokingly) to someone when they are acting very differently than normal; to insinuate or assert that they aren't acting like themselves or that they have become a different personRate it:

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who's your daddyAn assertion that one is the master in a relationship.Rate it:

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whole clothThe fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.Rate it:

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whore aroundTo regularly copulate with people that one is not in a relationship with.Rate it:

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win overTo persuade someone, gain someone's support, or make someone understand the truth or validity of something.Rate it:

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winkle outTom managed to winkle the truth out of John eventually.Rate it:

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work spouseA man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship having bonds similar to those of a marriage: special confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and unusual degree of honesty or openness.Rate it:

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wring outTo force someone to give something, usually truth, or money.Rate it:

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