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Stick to Your GunsTo be firm and determined in your statement in front of opposition, to take stand for your right regardless of troublesRate it:

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go great gunsTo perform particularly well; to be particularly successful.Rate it:

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go great gunsTo move or proceed very quickly.Rate it:

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stick to one's gunsTo persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire.Rate it:

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stick to one's gunsTo maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition.Rate it:

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adding machineA pocket calculator that has very few functions.Rate it:

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fruit machineone arm banditRate it:

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sex machineSomeone with considerable sexual prowess.Rate it:

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ghost in the machinea term used to describe the concept of mind-body dualism: that the mind exists alongside and separate from the body; also an album by The PoliceRate it:

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poop machineAn animal whose defecation inconveniences humans.Rate it:

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poop machineAn infant.Rate it:

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sex machinerefers to a person who has a lot of sexRate it:

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bolt bucketA machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.Rate it:

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flutter in the dovecoteI further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.Rate it:

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in the worksIn a mechanism or machine.Rate it:

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crank outTo produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.Rate it:

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dial inconfigure, set up, particularly a complex machine with many configuration options.Rate it:

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take upThat which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.Rate it:

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bring upTo turn on power or start, as of a machine.Rate it:

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hop upto make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.)Rate it:

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call screeningthe process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before deciding how or whether to answer it. Some methods may include: listening to the message being recorded on an answering machine or voice mail. checking a caller ID display to see who or where the call is from.Rate it:

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faire feuTo fire (rifles, guns).Rate it:

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in controlWhen one is controlling a machine, or a situation, or an activity. Similar to in charge, but one person can be officially in charge, while another person is, in fact, in control.Rate it:

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kick the bucketOf a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.Rate it:

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long shotSomething unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.Rate it:

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oil burnerA machine that uses oil as its fuel.Rate it:

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put one through one's pacesTo test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc.Rate it:

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random numberA number allotted randomly using suitable generator (electronic machine or as simple "generator" as die).Rate it:

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real jobA job that can't be replaced advantageously by a machine or a procedure.Rate it:

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run downTo lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.Rate it:

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