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keep confusion at bayTo keep confusion at bay means to avoid or prevent confusion.Rate it:

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at bayCornered; unable to flee.Rate it:

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at bayUnable to come closer; at a distance.Rate it:

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keep at bayprevent (someone or something) from approaching or having an effect.Rate it:

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first port of callThe first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage.Rate it:

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any port in a stormAn unfavourable option which might well be avoided in good times but which nevertheless looks better than the alternatives at the current time.Rate it:

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at the high portOr in a charge.Rate it:

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at the high portAt once; unhesitatingly; quickly and vigorously.Rate it:

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first port of callThe first place to go to start a process.Rate it:

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hold offTo delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.Rate it:

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body of waterAny significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as a river, lake or a bay.Rate it:

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Delivered Ex ShipThe seller pays for all transportation and insurance until the transporting ship has arrived at the port of destination.Rate it:

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être aux aboisTo be reduced to the last extremity; To be at bay.Rate it:

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Flying DutchmanA Dutch-flagged clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. It is considered bad luck to meet said ship.Rate it:

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life's a bitchAn expression of acceptance of misfortune.1950, Joy Davidman, Weeping Bay, page 184:She'd have been willing enough to use them, poor dead little bitch. Life's a bitch. Life's a bad joke.Rate it:

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satellite townA new town planned and built to serve a particular local industry, or as a dormitory or overspill for people who work in a nearby metropolis. Such satellite towns include Port Sunlight near Birkenhead (Cheshire, England), built to house workers at Lever Brothers soap factories.Rate it:

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slip offTo leave a port, anchorage or mooringRate it:

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urbs in sinu sita estthe city is situate on a bay.Rate it:

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