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gain on	To get the better of; to have the advantage of.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
galeam induere	to put on one's helmet.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
game face	The expression of one who is prepared for or is facing a lot of difficult and/or undesirable work, especially when it is imminent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
garder les arrêts	To keep to one’s quarters.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
garder son sang-froid	to keep one's cool; to keep a cool head	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
German goiter	A protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get a grip	To relax; to calm down; to stop being angry; to come to one's senses or become more rational.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get a rise out of	To obtain a reaction from someone, especially one of annoyance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get across	To cross; to move from one side to the other, literally or figuratively.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get ahead of oneself	To speak or write in a manner in which one makes points out of logical or chronological sequence.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get back	To retrieve, to have an item returned.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get back	Return to where one came from.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get behind	to have a trip or any pleasurable experience with drugs	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get down	To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get in on	To gain participation in an activity, especially an attractive one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get in the boat and row	To make a substantial effort, especially in cooperation with others in a group; to perform one's share of work; to show initiative.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get into	To move into an object, such that one ends up inside it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get into someone's pants	To have sex with.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get it	To "get what's coming to him/her"; to feel one's wrath; to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get lost	Used to tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get lost	To lose one's way.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get off	To have sex.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get off to a flying start	to have a very successful beginning	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get on	To have a good relationship; to get along.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get on with	To have a good relationship with.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get onto	To move onto an object, especially one on which it is possible to stand.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get out while the getting's good	To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get over on	To have sex with.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get over with	To do something quickly and hastily; without procrastination, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get past oneself	To become able to look beyond one's own ego and negative emotions; to overcome internal and emotional obstacles.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get right to the point	Reference a lack of focus, an offer of myriad solutions without indicating one with most viability. A lack of preciseness, lack of indicating best choice. An evasive response in a tenable situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get some	To have sex.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get something over with	To do something quickly and hastily; without procrastination, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get the drop on	To point one's firearm at another person, thereby gaining dominance over a situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get the time	Have a free period of time to do something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get up in	To have sexual intercourse with deep penetration.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get up on the wrong side of the bed	To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed	To have a bad mood or temper, get grumpy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get wind of	To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Gift of Gab	Ability to talk in an interesting and convincing manner; Have an apt of talking	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give 'em enough rope	Allow one to function unhindered, or without further overbearing oversight.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give a rat's arse	To care; to have or show an interest.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give back	To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give ear	To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give it a twist	If you have trouble getting it to work right, try giving it a twist.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give notice	To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give someone an inch and someone will take a mile	If concessions are made for someone, that will embolden them to take further advantage of the person who helped them, instead of being content with what they have been given.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Give Someone the Shirt off Your Back	To have a big heart, to give generously	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gladio aliquem per pectus transfigere (Liv. 2. 46)	to transfix, pierce a man's breast with one's sword.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gladium alicui in pectus infigere	to plunge one's sword in some one's breast.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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