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boy in the boatClitoris.Rate it:

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rock the boatTo disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.Rate it:

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whatever floats your boatWhat makes you happy; what stimulates you.Rate it:

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float someone's boatTo interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.Rate it:

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fresh off the boatNewly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.Rate it:

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get in the boat and rowTo make a substantial effort, especially in cooperation with others in a group; to perform one's share of work; to show initiative.Rate it:

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In the Same BoatSharing trouble is in the same unpleasant or worse situationRate it:

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in the same boatIn the same situation or predicament; having the same problems.Rate it:

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Miss the BoatTo blow your chance, slow to act, to miss out on the chanceRate it:

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miss the boatTo fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.Rate it:

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miss the boatTo miss out (on something); to be ignorant (of something).Rate it:

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missed the boatrefers to something someone didn't do and maybe regrets not doing; often followed by "on that" or "on that one"; can also be said sarcasticallyRate it:

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narrow boatcanal bargeRate it:

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push the boat outTo do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.Rate it:

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Rock the BoatTo destabilize something or make a situation problematic; creating disturbance or to spoil a planRate it:

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turn the boatTo make a major change in behavior, strategy, topic under discussion, etc.Rate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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down to the wireAt the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.Rate it:

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go nowhere fastTo fail to make any progressRate it:

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in one hell of a hurryIn a very great hurry; very fast or hastily.Rate it:

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In Two Shakes of a Lamb's TailToo fast, immediately and at once without any delayRate it:

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lightning fastExtremely fastRate it:

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listen to her purradmiring the sound of a boat or car motorRate it:

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Nantucket sleigh rideAn obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.Rate it:

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promptDone quickly and fast. Doing it with no hesitationRate it:

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like shit through a goosevery fastRate it:

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bail outTo remove water from a boat by scooping it out.Rate it:

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beat me to the punchSomeone Arrived Sooner, It Happened Too Fast: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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conk outTo fall fast asleep; to sleep soundly.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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navem deducere (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)to launch a boat.Rate it:

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put backTo drink fast; to knock down alcohol.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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i flew to the kitchenThey used it back then to say that they went to a kitchen really fast.Rate it:

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as agile as a monkeyif you say someone is as agile as a monkey then you are saying that the person is able to move as fast and easy as a monkey; therefore, as agile as a monkey means being able to move as swift and easy as a monkeyRate it:

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ran as fast as a cheetahTo start running fastRate it:

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knock downTo drink fast.Rate it:

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all aboardA cry to passengers to board a train or boat that is soon to depart.Rate it:

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ark ruffianRogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.Rate it:

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artus somnus aliquem complectitur (Rep. 6. 10)to fall fast asleep.Rate it:

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backwaterA rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back waterRate it:

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cast adriftTo place a person in a ship's boat or raft and leave themRate 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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come thick and fastTo appear repeatedly.Rate it:

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drop anchorTo release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.Rate it:

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éclairVery fastRate it:

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even keelA situation in which the boat is level and balanced for a smooth ride.Rate it:

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express elevatorSomething that gets a person somewhere fastRate it:

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fast and furiousrapid and energeticRate it:

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