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phase inTo introduce something little by little.Rate it:

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phase outTo remove or relinquish the use of something little by little.Rate it:

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phase downTo gradually reduce the size or scale ofRate it:

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phase outTo identify 3 separate phases of electrical wiringRate it:

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over the moonDelighted, thrilled.Rate it:

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blood moonThe moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse.Rate it:

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blue moonA long time.Rate it:

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ask for the moonTo claim or desire something that one cannot have.Rate it:

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blue moonThe third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.Rate it:

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happens once in a blue moonAn astronomical event which occurs quite infrequently and observable from the earth.Rate it:

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Once in a Blue MoonVery seldom, scarcely, not very often, hardly everRate it:

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shoot the moonTo take a risk which may result in great rewards; to succeed after taking such a risk.Rate it:

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shoot the moonTo hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means.Rate it:

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the sky is the moonA new modern combination of "the sky is the limit" and "shoot for the moon".Rate it:

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blue moonThe moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.Rate it:

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hang the moonTo place the moon in the sky: used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation.Rate it:

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blue moonSomething absurd.Rate it:

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harvest moonThe Harvest Moon is the Full Moon nearest the fall equinox.Rate it:

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hung the moonTo view or be viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation.Rate it:

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moon on a stickEverything; all that one could desire (especially as an unreasonable demand).Rate it:

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once in a blue moonVery rarely; very infrequently.Rate it:

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shoot the moonTo achieve the lowest score possible, such that the player is usually rewarded with bonus points.Rate it:

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shoot the moonTo attain great heights, a high value, or a numerically high measurement.Rate it:

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shoot the moon!Gambler's expression prior to throwing the 'dice':Rate it:

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to the moonUsed as an intensifier.Rate it:

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to the moonTo a very distant or unreachable place.Rate it:

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to the moon and backImmensely.Rate it:

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one small step for man, one giant leap for mankindWords spoken by Neil Armstrong when taking the first steps on the moon.Rate it:

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ejusdem generisA canon of construction holding that when a general term follows a list of particular terms, the general term only applies to things similar to the particular terms. For example, in the list "sun, moon, and other large objects", the phrase "other large objects" only includes celestial bodies, not houses and elephants.Rate it:

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mark upTo increase the price of something between its wholesale and retail phase.Rate it:

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valley of deathThe phase of a startup business beginning with the entrepreneur's fulltime commitment to it and ending when the business has achieved sustainable cash flow.Rate it:

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down to the short strokesIn the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.Rate it:

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eternal sleep(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion, (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.Rate it:

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déménager à la cloche de bois (fam.)To shoot the moon; To leave a house without paying one’s rent or one’s creditors.Rate it:

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moonlight flita disappearing act, often without paying the rent; supposedly at night by the light of the moon.Rate it:

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autant prendre la lune avec les dentsYou might just as well try and scale the moon.Rate it:

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come intoTo enter the initial phase of; to commence.Rate it:

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eat one's own dog foodTo test the beta programs that are in the test phase on one's own computers; to dogfood.Rate it:

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end stateThe specified situation at the successful completion of the final phase of a military operation.Rate it:

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faire un trou à la lune“To shoot the moon”; To flee from one’s creditors. Rate it:

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faire un trou à la lune (fam.)To shoot the moon; To fly from one’s creditors.Rate it:

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il veut nous faire prendre des vessies pour des lanternesHe wishes us to believe the moon is made of green cheese.Rate it:

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long goodbyeNickname for Alzheimer's disease, especially for the final phase of the disease, during which the patient suffers a progressive decline of cognitive and motor skills and gradually loses the ability to recognize and to communicate with family and friends; nickname for the relationship between a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that person's family or friends.Rate it:

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luna crescit; decrescit, senescitthe moon waxes, wanes.Rate it:

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off to the racesIn or into a process of energetic engagement in some activity; in or into a phase of conspicuously increasing satisfaction or success.Rate it:

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on the waneThe moon was on the wane.Rate it:

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sol(luna) deficit, obscuraturthe sun, moon, is eclipsed.Rate it:

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tous les 36 du moisOnce in a blue moon.Rate it:

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y'a plus qu'àUtilisé pour dire qu’il est temps de commencer un travail, souvent après une longue phase préparatoire.Rate it:

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