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fill in the blankTo complete the interruption, ambiguity or vagueness in understanding, perception or context of a situation.Rate it:

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point blankThe distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for the effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.Rate it:

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space outTo plant seedlings etc at regular intervals with a calculated space between them.Rate it:

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space outTo stupefy, intoxicate, disorient, or lose attention or focus, especially by the use of drugs.Rate it:

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fill in the blankA type of question or phrase with one or more words replaced with a blank line, giving the reader the chance to add the missing word(s).Rate it:

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blank canvasSomething with no content, upon which one can easily impose one's point of viewRate it:

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blank outTo temporarily lose memoryRate it:

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blank outTo become blank.To temporarily lose memoryHe blanked out five minutes into the meeting.I'm blanking out on your name, I'm afraid.Rate it:

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draw a blankTo be unable to produce a required piece of information.Rate it:

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factor spaceA space obtained from another by identification of points that are equivalent to one another in some equivalence relation.Rate it:

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factor spaceIn a product space.Rate it:

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fill in the blankTo answer or complete a fill in the blank.Rate it:

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free spaceUsed other than as an idiom: see free, space.Rate it:

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free spacevacuum; a space free of matter.Rate it:

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space cadetSomeone who acts spacy or under the influence of drugsRate it:

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watch this spaceAn indication that a development will follow.Rate it:

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a week is a long time in politicsIn politics, a lot of change can happen in a short space of time.Rate it:

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crowd togetherTo push into an excessively small space; to pack tightly.Rate it:

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daylightA clear, open space.Rate it:

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debris fieldAny area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.Rate it:

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elbow roomRoom or space in which to move or maneuver.Rate it:

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HALa homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.Rate it:

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tidy upTo make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily neat. Usually used to describe the straightening-out of a small room or small space.Rate it:

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back inTo reverse a vehicle into a space.Rate it:

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back intoTo reverse a vehicle into a space.Rate it:

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short-sheetTo play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.Rate it:

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stop throwing shadesThis means to refrain from throwing sarcasm to a person either via SMS or in personal conversation. It calls to rather get direct to the point. It is like firing a bullet at point blank.Rate it:

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back outTo reverse a vehicle from a confined space.Rate it:

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stand asideTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.Rate it:

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XYZThe color space of the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z.Rate it:

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house cooling partyA party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.Rate it:

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show inTo lead or direct someone to an enclosed space, usually a room.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in X, no one can hear you YIndicates a threat of imminent danger. X is often limited to words having something to do with space. Y is a sound made by humans, especially 'scream'.Rate it:

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bounce off the wallsTo be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.Rate it:

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clap outTo remove negative energy from a space by clapping.Rate it:

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daylightThe space between platens on a press or similar machinery.Rate it:

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de but en blancPoint-blank; Abruptly.Rate it:

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deep sleepArtificially induced hibernation in humans for the purpose of long distance space travel.Rate it:

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fire in the holean expression indicating that an explosive detonation in a confined space is imminent.Rate it:

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fit inmake time or spaceRate it:

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fold awayTo put away by folding; to collapse something into a space where it can be stored while not in use.Rate it:

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get some airTo invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.Rate it:

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hot deskingThe working practice of sharing desks or workstations between workers, as a means of saving space and resources.Rate it:

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huis closan enclosed space such as a room or cellRate it:

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huis closa work of fiction in which the action is set in an enclosed spaceRate it:

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huis closa genre in fiction where dramatic tension is derived from the action being set in an enclosed spaceRate it:

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il tira à bout portantHe fired point-blank.Rate it:

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ils tirèrent sur lui à brûle-pourpointThey fired at him point-blank (so as to burn his doublet).Rate it:

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intervallo locorum et temporum disiunctum esseto be separated by an immense interval of space and time.Rate it:

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jut outTo protrude; to extend outwards into space; to stick out.Rate it:

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