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push the envelopeTo go beyond established limits; to pioneer.Rate it:

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taking the gloves offnothing is off limitsRate it:

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closed formA form (expression) that does not use limits, implicitly or explicitly.Rate it:

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il faut savoir se bornerOne must place limits on one’s desires.Rate it:

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open endedwithout definite limitsRate it:

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over the topBold; beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; outrageous.Rate it:

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play the hand one is dealtTo use the resources which one actually has available; to operate realistically, within the limits of one's circumstances.Rate it:

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punch aboveTo reach beyond one's limits; to be more capable than an expected limitation.Rate it:

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push itTo make an extraordinary or risky effort; to behave in a way which tests the limits; to expect too much.Rate it:

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ride on a railTo be subjected to a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.Rate it:

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Sky is the LimitNo limits to achieve your goals, to go far away in reaching your destinationRate it:

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stake outTo mark off the limits by stakesRate it:

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tie downto constrain, or to confine within set limits.Rate it:

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