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broad strokesMajor features or key points; outline.Rate it:
broad strokesDevelopments, movements, or descriptions presented in a bold or sweeping manner, without intricacy, adornment, or subtlety.Rate it:
broad-beamedWide across body parts such as the hips.Rate it:
broaden someone's horizonsTo increase someone's interests, skills, or experiences beyond their current range.Rate it:
BroadwayA street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.Rate it:
BroadwayThe wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.Rate it:
BroadwayA place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.Rate it:
BroadwayThe theater district of Manhattan.Rate it:
BroadwayThe theatres in the Broadway theatre district; especially those covered by contracts between the owners and theatrical unions.Rate it:
BroadwayThe American theater industry.Rate it:
BroadwayThe government of Manitoba.Rate it:
BroadwayThe highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.Rate it:
BroadwayFlashy; showy.Rate it:
broke assSomething no longer workingRate it:
broken recordSomeone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance.Rate it:
broken vesselA person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.Rate it:
broken-heartedAlternative spelling of brokenhearted. Feeling depressed, despondent, or hopeless, especially over losing a love.Rate it:
Bronx cheerA razzing noise made with the lips and tongue; a raspberry.Rate it:
broom closetThe metaphorical place in which a Wiccan's religious identity is hidden.Rate it:
broom closetUsed other than as an idiom: see broom, closet.Rate it:
bros before hoes(US, informal) A man should prioritize his male friends over his girlfriend or wife.Rate it:
bros before hosAlternative spelling of bros before hoes.Rate it:
brown bagA short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime.Rate it:
brown breadBread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.Rate it:
brown noserOne who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.Rate it:
brown outTo experience a partial loss of vision having the characteristics of a brownout, to suffer a brownout.Rate it:
brown powerThe production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.Rate it:
brown studyA melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream.Rate it:
brown thumbLack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.Rate it:
brown-noserAlternative spelling of brown noser. (one who flatters others in an obsequious manner.)Rate it:
browned offAnnoyed, upset, angry, bored, fed up, disgusted.Rate it:
Brownie pointCredit or praise for good work or a good deed, often for the express purpose of currying favor.Rate it:
brownnoseOne who brownnoses; one who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.Rate it:
brownnoseTo flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinionRate it:
bruise upTo cause bruises to appear, usually by beating or battering.Rate it:
bruise upTo show bruises.Rate it:
brush asideTo disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.Rate it:
brush asideTo defeat with ease.Rate it:
brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.Rate it:
brush downUsed other than as an idiom: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.Rate it:
brush downTo straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance.Rate it:
brush offAn abrupt rebuff or dismissal.Rate it:
brush pastTo go by quickly, making slight contact.Rate it:
brush under the carpetTo hide, cover up or overlook something, usually a negative thingRate it:
brush upTo review; to improve an existing but rusty or under-developed skill.Rate it:
brush with deathTo have a life redeemable experienceRate it:
brush-up!A 'brush-up' is a thorough review, rehearsal, self-examination prior to submitting to job interviews, probings, investigations of any category in order to be proficient in the future demands of the hoped-for position, challenge or opportunity:Rate it:
BrusselsThe capital of Belgium.Rate it:
BrusselsThe European Union.Rate it:

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