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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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field dayA great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense.Rate it:

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home field advantageUsually in sports, the heightened performance enjoyed by the team playing on its own familiar field in front of its home crowd.Rate it:

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center fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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center fieldA central role in some activity that requires speed.Rate it:

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Out in Left FieldUnusual, eccentric, off beatRate it:

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center fieldThe defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast.Rate it:

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field dayA day of class taken away from school for a field trip.Rate it:

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Field DayA day full of excitement, to have an opportunity to enjoy you a great dealRate it:

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field dayTop-to-bottom all-hands cleaning.Rate it:

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field dayA school day for athletic events; a sports day.Rate it:

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field dayA parade day.Rate it:

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field dayA great time or a great deal to do.Rate it:

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laundry on the fieldPenalty flags thrown during a football game.Rate it:

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left fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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left fieldThe defensive position in the outfield to the left.Rate it:

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Play the FieldTo have many lovers and dates without making a single genuine commitment with one particular personRate it:

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play the fieldDate a number of eligible females.Rate it:

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play the fieldTo date more than one person at the same time.Rate it:

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potter's fieldA public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried.Rate it:

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take the fieldTo go out onto the playing field.Rate it:

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21 gun saluteA British / Colonial practice of firing 21 artillery pieces or rifles as a way of honouring someone / something.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo act or begin too soon or without due caution.Rate it:

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poachers gunA small bore shotgun hidden in a walking cane.Rate it:

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under the gunUnder great pressure to perform.Rate it:

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Quaker gunA nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.Rate it:

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you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word aloneIt is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.Rate it:

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big gunA large-caliber artillery piece.Rate it:

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big gunSomeone who is powerful or influential most often in plural form.Rate it:

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eat one's gunTo commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.Rate it:

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give it the gunLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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gun downTo kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.Rate it:

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gun forTo strive for the downfall or diminution of another.Rate it:

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gun forTo pursue as a goal; to work hard to achieve.Rate it:

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gun itTo accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of his or her employer.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed to advance the interests of his or her employer, especially in a vigorous manner using such methods as political lobbying, legal advocacy, or persuasion.Rate it:

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is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see meIndicates the speaker has noticed an erection underneath the interlocutor's clothes.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.Rate it:

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Jump the GunTo do something a bit earlier or before the time, hasty in doing somethingRate it:

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jump the gun!Take Premature Action:, Begin to run before the report of the starter's gun! Illegal actions:Rate it:

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poachers gunUsed other than as an idiom. poacher's gunRate it:

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put a gun to someone's headTo compel someone; to create a situation in which someone has no alternative course of action.Rate it:

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smoking gunThe conclusive evidence, the bare facts, clear and decisive picture.Rate it:

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smoking gunEvidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute.Rate it:

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son of a gunA phrase expressing surprise or learning about some some unexpected news.Rate it:

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under the gunThe first player to act on the first round of betting in Texas hold 'em.Rate it:

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charm offensiveA campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.Rate it:

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cutting edgeThe forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.Rate it:

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