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chain reactionA series of events, each one causing the next.Rate it:

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food chainThe feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.Rate it:

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yank someone's chainUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see yank,‎ chain.Rate it:

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a chain is only as strong as its weakest linkAn organization (especially a process or a business) is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.Rate it:

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off the chainFree from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.Rate it:

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food chainA hierarchy.Rate it:

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chain reactionA nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.Rate it:

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chain upTo put in chainsRate it:

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off the chainCrazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.Rate it:

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yank someone's chainTo tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.Rate it:

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unless the wheels available to you aren't made for the vehicle you're trying to drive.Follow-up to the phrase, "No need to reinvent the wheel." Meant for when one does, in fact, need to reinvent a process to account for accumulated changes that make the old status-quo obsolete.Rate it:

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don't drive faster than your guardian angel can flyDriving (a vehicle) very fast is a dangerous act.Rate it:

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drive awayTo force someone or something to leave.Rate it:

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drive inTo hit the ball or reach base in such a way that a run scores.Rate it:

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drive offTo force to leave or go away.Rate it:

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drive outOut of somewhere.Rate it:

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Drive You CrazyTo force someone into a state of anger and mental instability; to make someone very frustratedRate it:

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drive someone up the wallTo make a person very angry or bored; to infuriate.Rate it:

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drive the porcelain busTo vomit, especially while drunk or hung over.Rate it:

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drive a coach and horses throughTo spoil, break or render ineffective a rule, plan or agreement.Rate it:

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drive a hard bargainNegotiate forcefully.Rate it:

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Drive a Hard BargainTo work hard in price negotiation, to insist in making a deal to buy or sell at a good priceRate it:

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drive atTo mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point.Rate it:

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drive awayTo depart by driving a vehicle.Rate it:

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drive homeWith tangible or powerful demonstration.Rate it:

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drive homeTo push to or into a target.Rate it:

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drive one up the wallTo make a person very angry or bored; to infuriate.Rate it:

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drive someone crazyto cause to be infatuatedRate it:

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drive someone crazyto annoy or irritateRate it:

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drive someone crazyto cause insanity onto someoneRate it:

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drive-by mediaMedia professionals who "spray" a bunch of repetitive misstatements, mistaken and misinterpreted news reports to cause excitement and confusion. They then figuratively "drive off" leaving the cleanup of their mess and hysteria to others, to correct and properly explain and interpret.Rate it:

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drive-by mediaMedia that provides broad or misleading statements in quick succession without context or explanation.Rate it:

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I don't driveI don't driveRate it:

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Sussex DriveThe Canadian prime minister or the government.Rate it:

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Sussex DriveA street in Ottawa, the location of the official residence of the prime minister of Canada.Rate it:

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smoking like a chimney !this is used to describe a person who is chain smoker or smoking non stop.Rate it:

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take for a spinTo take, as a companion, for a drive in a motor vehicle.Rate it:

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tiger teamAn engineering or other group assembled to tackle especially difficult or critical problems, often outside the normal chain of command.Rate it:

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una catena è resistente solo quanto il suo anello debolea chain is only as strong as its weakest linkRate it:

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bomb aroundThe drive around at speed for pleasure.Rate it:

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run overTo drive over, causing injury or death.Rate it:

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set the wheels in motionto initiate a chain of events necessary to help one achieve a goal (more quickly)Rate it:

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bridgeA valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.Rate it:

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passer à pleines voiles à travers les mailles de la justiceTo drive a coach-and-four through an Act of Parliament.Rate it:

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pull upDrive close to something, especially a curb.Rate it:

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rat run/runningTo drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.Rate it:

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beat offTo drive something away with blows.Rate it:

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burn some rubberAn expression of intent to drive ruthlessly, speedily, wildly, illegally: Express the intention to perform tasks, agendas in wild abandon, in order to impress, gain an advantage, recover lost time or missed opportunity:Rate it:

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cast outTo drive out; to expel.Rate it:

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curru vehi, in rheda (Mil. 21. 55)to drive.Rate it:

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