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bow outTo resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.Rate it:

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bow and scrapeTo behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.Rate it:

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take a bowTo accept applause at the end of a performance in a theatre. Often this includes actually bowing to the audience.Rate it:

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another string to one's bowAnother skill, ability or resource when one fails.Rate it:

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bow and scrapeTo make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.Rate it:

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bow and scrapeA deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.Rate it:

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bow downto bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deferenceRate it:

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bow toTo adhere to a tradition or more.Rate it:

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bow-legged wi' brasswealthy, having lots of cash.Rate it:

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go to the bow-wowsTo go to the dogs, to decline or deteriorate.Rate it:

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make one's bowTo bow.Rate it:

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make one's bowTo debut.Rate it:

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string to one's bowA skill, ability or resource.Rate it:

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string to one's bowA lover, paramour or suitor.Rate it:

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bottom handWith a standard batting grip, the hand placed further down the handle of the bat; the batsman's dominant hand, providing most power to a shot.Rate it:

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couldn't stop a pig in a passageBow-legged.Rate it:

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grosso mundoLowly talk, common idiom, low class slang, cheap shotRate it:

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parting shotAn insult or barbed comment issued as the speaker departs or the conversation comes to an end.Rate it:

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shot in the armA shot of drug in the arm, to get on a high.Rate it:

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chip shotA relatively easy field goal, made from a short distance.Rate it:

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come aboutTo tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.Rate it:

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stem to sternStem is the main upright timber at the bow of a ship (front) & stern is the rear part of a ship or boat (back) Means entirely or beginning to end.Rate it:

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tee offTo hit the first shot of the hole.Rate it:

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une balle perdueA wasted shot; A useless effort.Rate it:

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chip shotA shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a goal.Rate it:

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fire at willFire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.Rate it:

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chip shotSomething that is easy to do or to achieve.Rate it:

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give it one's best shotTo make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible.Rate it:

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Hot ShotSharp Person, Really With-It, "In the Swing of It, Svelte, Mayhaps Be Swell? Sophisticated. Sharp Kat et alRate it:

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mug shotpolice photoRate it:

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from downtownA shot in basketball from the front courtRate it:

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black tieEvening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military dress or national costume.Rate it:

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bridgeA particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.Rate it:

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les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prisesOne man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.Rate it:

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shot in the armA stimulus.Rate it:

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à porte basse, passant courbéOne must bow to circumstances.Rate it:

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big shotA person with a reputation of importance or power.Rate it:

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bone in her teethA prominent bow wave.Rate it:

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bulletproofCapable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.Rate it:

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by a long shotBy a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.Rate it:

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caput demittereto bow one's head.Rate it:

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chip inTo put a chip shot in the hole.Rate it:

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chip shotAn approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.Rate it:

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chip shotThe achievement of a goal or the striking of a target with a ball or other projectile in relatively nonchallenging or routine circumstances, by throwing (as in basketball) or by discharging a firearm (as in hunting).Rate it:

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chip shotA takeout shot aimed at hitting a rock at an angle.Rate it:

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courir comme un dératéTo go like a shot; To run like mad.Rate it:

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cowboy shotTérmino empleado en el ámbito anglosajón para referirse a un plano de intérprete encuadrado de rodillas para arriba. Esta denominación procede de las películas de cowboys del cine mudo en las que resultaba obligado mostrar las pistoleras y revólveres de los personajes.Rate it:

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criblé de mitrailleRiddled with grape-shot.Rate it:

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de fou juge briève (brève) sentenceA fool’s bolt is soon shot.Rate it:

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dead shotPerfect shooterRate it:

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