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stamp outTo get rid of, eradicate.Rate it:

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bail outTo leave or not attend.Rate it:

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bawl outTo deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture; to reprimand.Rate it:

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beat outTo sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.Rate it:

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call outTo yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.Rate it:

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cancel outTo neutralize the effect of something.Rate it:

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hang outTo spend time doing nothing in particular.Rate it:

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pour outTo leave a place quickly, and in large numbers.Rate it:

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spell outFrom its component letters.Rate it:

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way out of a paper bagA minimal level of competence or effectiveness, as used in phrases where one is unable to perform such.Rate it:

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zombie outBecome like a zombie in being listless, vacant, and unresponsive.Rate it:

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carry outTo hold while moving something out.Rate it:

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fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

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knock upTo become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.Rate it:

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read outTo read something and say the words to inform other people.Rate it:

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act outTo express one's feelings through disruptive actions.Rate it:

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bail outTo secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.Rate it:

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don't throw the baby out with the bathwaterTo discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.Rate it:

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fit intoTo be of the right size and shape to be placed in a location.Rate it:

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stick outTo protrude; to extend beyond.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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air outTo discuss in the open.Rate it:

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argue outTo discuss to reach an agreed conclusion, or decision.Rate it:

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back outTo withdraw from something one has promised to do.Rate it:

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bail outTo remove water from a boat by scooping it out.Rate it:

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balance outTo counteract one another so as to be balanced.Rate it:

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barking-up the wrong tree:{Coon Hunters Remark:} Coon Dogs Chase Raccoon up Trees. They Bark at the Tree so Hunter Can 'Shoot' Coon out of the Tree:Rate it:

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beat outTo extinguish.Rate it:

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beat outTo win by a narrow margin.Rate it:

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Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceTo face a difficult situation and remain in a tight spot one after another, Or face some difficulty in making the right decision that would deliver no harmRate it:

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borne outPast participle of bear out.Rate it:

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borne outSubstantiated.Rate it:

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bowl outAnd thus end their innings.Rate it:

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branch outTo attempt something new or different, but related.Rate it:

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break outTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.Rate it:

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bring forthTo display, produce, bring out for display.Rate it:

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bring outTo elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality.Rate it:

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bug outHastily.Rate it:

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call outTo challenge.Rate it:

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carry outTo fulfill.Rate it:

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catch outTo discover or expose as fake or insincere.Rate it:

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change of tackThe act of tacking, turning into the wind so the sail moves to the opposite side.Rate it:

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check outTo obtain computer source code from a repository.Rate it:

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check outTo pay the bill, and record one's departure, as from a hotel.Rate it:

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check outTo die.Rate it:

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check outTo have one's purchases recorded and bagged at a supermarket, and pay for it.Rate it:

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check outTo examine or inspect; to espy.Rate it:

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come aboutTo tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.Rate it:

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come outTo walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.Rate it:

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come outTo end up or result.Rate it:

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