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for the agesIn a manner that produces long-lasting effects; for posterity; for a very long duration.Rate it:
for the askingWithout making any significant effort; freely; without monetary cost.Rate it:
for the birdsWorthless; pointless; not deserving serious consideration.Rate it:
For the BirdsInsignificant, is of no value and worth, pathetic and absurdRate it:
for the childrenAlternative form of think of the childrenRate it:
for the heck of itFor no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.Rate it:
for the hell of itFor no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.Rate it:
for the love ofUsed to form interjections expressing exasperation.Rate it:
for the love of meno matter what I do; whatever I doRate it:
for the love of petean expression of astonishment or disbelief or of something surprising, funny or cuteRate it:
for the most partMostly; in general; usually.Rate it:
for the nonceFor the time being, with the expectation that the situation may change.Rate it:
for the recordAlready publicly known.Rate it:
for the recordFor the purpose of being recorded.Rate it:
for the sake of itFor no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.Rate it:
for the time beingTemporarily; until later.Rate it:
for two pinsReadily, with only the slightest encouragement.Rate it:
for xyz reasonsFor reasons unknown and not worth speculating on.Rate it:
forbidden friut is the sweetesta fruit or food that is forbidden (religious meanings) is usually desired the mostRate it:
forbidden fruitIllicit pleasure; something that one should not take or get involved with, such as an another person's spouse.Rate it:
forbidden fruitThe fruit forbidden to Adam.Rate it:
forbidden fruit is the sweetestForbidden things have more worthwhile short-term consequences.Rate it:
force feedmake someone eatRate it:
force inTo make something larger fit in a smaller or tight place with brute forceRate it:
force of habitAn act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic.Rate it:
force outTo cause something to be ejectedRate it:
force outTo create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the groundRate it:
force someone's handBring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.Rate it:
foreign ministerPolitical or official representative person of one country in another country.Rate it:
forever and a daywithout ever ending; eternally.Rate it:
forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:
forewarned, forearmedAlternative form of forewarned is forearmed.Rate it:
forge aheadpress onRate it:
forge aheadTo move forward quickly, or to make good progress with (especially a plan)Rate it:
forge overTo press on regardless of hindrances.Rate it:
forgeddabouditEye dialect spelling of forget about it.Rate it:
forget oneselfto lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.Rate it:
forget oneselfTo become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought.Rate it:
forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:
forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:
forgive and forgetAbsolve completely for a past wrongdoing; pardon with neither resentment nor a view to retribution.Rate it:
forgiveness is awarded posthumously after a person is dead.During life, a person may be subjected to criticism for what others deem "a wrong turn or deed". At funerals and cemeteries, the mood turns to grief and forgiveness.Rate it:
fork offto diverge into two or more separate paths.Rate it:
fork outTo pay out, to hand overRate it:
fork overHundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets.Rate it:
fork overI forked over half the allotment this morning.Rate it:
fork overTo turn over soil with a gardening fork.Rate it:
forked tongueThe characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.Rate it:
FortnightOilA Specially Refined Lantern-oil for the Switchman's Signal Lanterns used on the Grand Trunk Railroad. 'Topped-Off' Lanterns generally required refilling after a 'fortnight' of duty time. (Conjecture)Rate it:
fortune favors the boldLuck is usually on the side of those who take chances and risks.Rate it:

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