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delay no more	Fuck you.	Rate it: (3.75 / 4 votes)
grace period	A length of time during which rules or penalties do not take effect or are withheld.	Rate it: (2.50 / 2 votes)
sooner or later	Eventually, at some undetermined point in the not-too-distant future.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Catch You Later	To say farewell to someone for a short time-period or just a simple good bye	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
catch you later	An informal farewell	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
a lie comes back sooner or later	You can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
i will viscously sweedle you later tonight!	To make love consistently With you later tonight. I.E. Sex!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
later on	Good-bye; see you later.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
see you later	A phrase used at parting, and not necessarily implying that the person being addressed will be seen later by the speaker.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
see you later alligator	a fun, rhyming way of saying goodbye, the response to which is "In a while, crocodile" (from another phrases.com entry)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot first and ask questions later	To take action with serious consequences without delay, preserving the benefit of surprise by not providing indication of one's intent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot first and ask questions later	To act boldly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
smell ya later	goodbye; see you later	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to be named later	Something of very uncertain value.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to be named later	Something of very low value.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to be named later	Used other than as an idiom. In an exchange, a unspecified example of a thing (in sports, usually a player), either not yet chosen or named publicly, at the time of a trade.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
time after time	Again and again; repeatedly; every time; always.	Rate it: (3.33 / 3 votes)
from time to time	C. 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 3.	Rate it: (3.00 / 4 votes)
from time to time	Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
a codpiece for the something or someone	an exaggerated show of protecting the little bits while ignoring the whole.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
sweep something under the rug	To conceal a problem expediently, rather than remedy it thoroughly.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
or something	Or something like that. Used to indicate the possibility that previously mentioned word may not be exactly correct in its applicability.	Rate it: (4.50 / 2 votes)
Get to the Bottom of Something	To discover the root cause of something, to find out and investigate the actual cause of matter	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
put something into perspective	To compare with something similar to give a clearer, more accurate idea.	Rate it: (4.00 / 3 votes)
Throw Cold Water on Something	Doing or saying something that may not be very encouraging; dampening the eagerness of someone	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
give something a try	To try or attempt.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
let something slip	To accidentally reveal a secret.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
Make Heads or Tails Out of Something	To be able to understand something completely	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
run something up the flagpole	To float an idea that one suspects might be controversial.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
do something with mirrors	To insinuate one has performed a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, insinuating trickery and sham.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
Cut Your Eyeteeth on Something	To become sensible at a young age; to have experience	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
do something with mirrors	To jokingly pretend that one did something using magic mirrors, that one is a magician; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
"art for me is to find something inside yourself that the other has difficulty doing."	Art	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
call (someone) out (on something)	to challenge or expose someone that has done or is doing the wrong thing or to say something they said or did isn't right or true	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
drag something out	Delay a decision by dragging, stretching, extending the conversation by injecting incidentals or humdrum history/misinformation/disproved calculations and extrapolations:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Get a Handle on Something	To bring out the possible solutions to handle something, to tackle the critical situation	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Get a Kick Out of Something	To be enthusiast of something, to extremely enjoy something	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get something off one's chest	Alternative form of get off one's chest.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Get Something off Your Chest	To tell someone what has been bothering you, to relieve yourself of some burden, to confess something you feel guilty for.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get something over with	To do something quickly and hastily; without procrastination, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get something straight	To understand; to clarify.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give rise to (something)	To cause something to exist	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give something a go	To try or attempt.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give something a miss	To forego something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give something a whirl	To try, test or attempt.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Give Your Eyeteeth for Something	Willing to sacrifice something valuable to get something else, desperately wanting something	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
got a kickout of something or someone	Find something or someone very interesting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
half-ass something	the meaning of it is to do something poorly due to lack of care or effort.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have something down pat	To know something or be able to do something perfectly. Be perfect master of something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have something to eat	To eat anything.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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