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choke upTo lose one's power of speech, because of embarrassment, fear etc.Rate it:
choke upTo block up; to cause something to be blocked.Rate it:
choke upTo hold the bat higher than is normal.Rate it:
choked the gooseWaste the money on something uselessRate it:
chomp at the bitTo show impatience or frustration when delayed.Rate it:
chomp down onTo eatRate it:
chomp down onTo defeatRate it:
choose upTo select, pick.Rate it:
choose your battlesalternate form of pick your battlesRate it:
chop downUsed other than as an idiom: see chop, down.Rate it:
chop downTo curtail, shortenRate it:
chop upTo separate or divide something that was whole. To cut or chop into separate pieces. To convert a sampled audio file into short segments.Rate it:
chop upTo seize or devour greedily.Rate it:
chop upTo cause a body of water to become choppy.Rate it:
chopped liverA Jewish food made by frying liver and onions in schmaltz.Rate it:
chopped liverA person or object which is not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.Rate it:
chow downTo eat, especially to eat vigorously.Rate it:
Christmas diseasehaemophilia BRate it:
christmas evedecember 24Rate it:
Christmas graduateA freshman who drops out of college at the end of the first semester.Rate it:
Christmas is comingUsed as a reminder or warning regarding an impending deadline.Rate it:
Christmas presentUsed other than as an idiom: see Christmas, present.Rate it:
Christmas presentA contemporary Christmas.Rate it:
christmas treeHoliday DecorationRate it:
Christmas tree billA bill consisting of many riders that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments, which may provide special benefits to various groups or interests.Rate it:
chrome domeA bald head; a person who is bald.Rate it:
chrome domeA haircut in which the hair is clipped extremely close to the scalp.Rate it:
chrome hornThe front bumper of a car when used to bump another vehicle, usually to inform the driver of the other vehicle, that the first car would like to pass.Rate it:
chub upTo become chubby; to grow fat.Rate it:
chuck awayTo discard, or throw away.Rate it:
chuck into give up, to quitRate it:
chuck it downTo rain heavily.Rate it:
chuck outTo discard, to dispose of.Rate it:
chuck upTo vomit; throw up.Rate it:
chuck upTo chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to jig up, throw up, jack up; to break a contract; to abandon or quit.Rate it:
chum upTo make friends with someone.Rate it:
chump changeA sum of money considered to be insignificant.Rate it:
chump changeAn amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.Rate it:
chump-changeOf or pertaining to something of little monetary value.Rate it:
churn outTo produce a large quantity of rapidly and easily.Rate it:
churn upTo make the ground uneven, generally unintentionally.Rate it:
circle backTo revisit a topic, concept or idea after having put it on the back burner; to return to a place or locationRate it:
circle gets the squareAn affirmative response; often used sarcastically.Rate it:
circle the drainTo be in rapid decline or a state of downfall, especially as leading to inevitable utter failure or destruction.Rate it:
circle the wagonsTo prepare to defend against an attack.Rate it:
circle the wagonsTo draw a wagon train into a circle to allow the wagons to provide cover when under attack.Rate it:
circles aroundFar faster or better than.Rate it:
circuit sluggerA talented baseball batter that hits home runs.Rate it:
circular fileThe trash container; the wastebasket.Rate it:
circular firing squadA political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members are engaging in internal disputes and mutual recrimination.Rate it:

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