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no plan survives contact with the enemyIt is a reality of conflict that, after a plan against an enemy is begun, there will always be unexpected elements resulting from opposition that require improvisation and deviation from the original plan.Rate it:

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brush pastTo go by quickly, making slight contact.Rate it:

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second bananaA comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.Rate it:

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bury the leadTo begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.Rate it:

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cut offTo isolate or remove from contact.Rate it:

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get wetTo come into contact with water or another liquid.Rate it:

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second bananaA person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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double upTo have a secondary use.Rate it:

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Take a BackseatTo be at a secondary position or to be at a level of inferiority as compared to someone elseRate it:

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touch woodTo make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.Rate it:

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in touchIn contact, or in communication.Rate it:

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bit on the sideSecondary lover, mistress.Rate it:

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drift apartTo lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.Rate it:

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get back toTo return contact withRate it:

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get on toTo contact in order to raise or discuss a certain matter.Rate it:

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get one's foot in the doorTo initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job.Rate it:

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get ontoTo contact a person or organisation about a particular matter.Rate it:

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get withto contact; make contact withRate it:

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HMUInitialism of hit me up; contact me at a later time.Rate it:

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holla atTo call on a telephone; to contact or maintain contact with.Rate it:

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I've burned myselfIndicates that the speaker is physically hurt due to contact with fire or heat.Rate it:

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il s'agit bien de cela (ironic.)That is quite a secondary consideration.Rate it:

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knock-on effectA secondary, often unintended effect.Rate it:

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long absent, soon forgottenLove fades away when people are distant and don't keep close physical contact.Rate it:

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long timeUsed as part of greeting of two people who have not been in contact for a long time.Rate it:

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lose touchTo cease to be familiar with someone or something or to cease to communicate or have contact.Rate it:

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meet withTo contact or touch (something).Rate it:

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out of touchNo longer maintaining contact or communications.Rate it:

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phone tagA situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.Rate it:

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phone upto phone, to contact by telephoneRate it:

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pick offTo throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.Rate it:

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shrinking violetA very shy person, who avoids contact with others if avoidable.Rate it:

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snuggle bunnyA romantic partner, child, pet, stuffed animal, etc. which is an object of affection and which provides comfort through physical contact.Rate it:

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soul kissA kiss in which contact occurs between the tongues of the kissers.Rate it:

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spin offTo create as a by-product or a secondary derived work.Rate it:

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tail wagging the dogA minor or secondary part of something controlling the whole.Rate it:

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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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touchy-feelyHaving a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree.Rate it:

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up againstIn contact with, abutting.Rate it:

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