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prone outIn order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.Rate it:

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float aroundUsed other than as an idiom: see float, around.Rate it:

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float aroundTo be nearby or available.Rate it:

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float like a butterflyTo move effortlessly and in an agile fashion.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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kick aroundTo wander loose; to float around; to hang around.Rate it:

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lose one's head if it wasn't attachedprone to mislaying things.Rate it:

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fall overTo fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.Rate it:

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run something up the flagpoleTo float an idea that one suspects might be controversial.Rate it:

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pie in the skyA belief that one's wildest dreams shall come true. A devotee, of pie in the sky is prone to believe the most impossible possibility. The taller the tale you can spin, the greater chance he'll buy into it!Rate it:

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dog in the huntThis is often used erroneously to indicate that one has no stake in the outcome. As such this is a bastardization of two Southern idioms: "no dog in the fight," and "that dog won't hunt." (The latter indicates something is a bad idea or prone to fail.) Use of the phrase "no dog in the hunt" when one wishes to indicate they have no "dog in the fight" will generate funny glances from any Southerners who overhear it.Rate it:

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creature of habitOne who is prone to routine.Rate it:

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faire la planche1. To show others the way; 2. To float on one’s back.Rate it:

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Portuguese man-of-warA floating colony of hydrozoans (Physalia physalis) attached to a float; it superficially resembles a jellyfish.Rate it:

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praecipitem in iram esse (Liv. 23. 7)to be short-tempered; to be prone to anger.Rate it:

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run agroundFor a vessel to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.Rate it:

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spannerA stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.Rate it:

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