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tone upTo strengthen and make the muscles of the body firmer by regular excercise.Rate it:

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tone downTo relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.Rate it:

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tone downTo make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.Rate it:

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as a wholeConsidered all togetherRate it:

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whole 'nother ball of waxAn entirely different matter altogether; a separate issue or sub-issue from the topic being discussed, usu. one that would take too long to explain properly; a matter to be dealt with at a later time.Rate it:

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whole ball of waxThe entire or overall plan, concept or action.Rate it:

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the whole nine yardsAll the way; with everything done completely or thoroughly.Rate it:

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the whole world and his dogEverybody; too many people; a huge crowd.Rate it:

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"a glass of water quenches your thirst, a whole sea drowns you."GlassRate it:

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go the whole hogTo do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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on the wholeFor the most part; apart from some insignificant details.Rate it:

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on the wholegenerallyRate it:

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out of whole clothFabricated, fictitious.Rate it:

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the whole nine yardsAnd everything. Often used, like etc., to finish out a list.Rate it:

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the whole shooting matchEverything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.Rate it:

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whole ball of waxEverything of a similar or related nature; everything necessary for a particular purpose.Rate it:

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whole clothSomething made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.Rate it:

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whole clothin full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additionsRate it:

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whole clothThe fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.Rate it:

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whole clothA newly made textile which has not yet been cut.Rate it:

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whole enchiladaAll of something or a group of related things taken in totality.Rate it:

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Whole Kit and CaboodleNothing left, ruined, everything is lostRate it:

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whole shebangEverything; the entire thing.Rate it:

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whole shebangA building or house and everything in it.Rate it:

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whole shooting matchEverything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.Rate it:

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a codpiece for the something or someonean exaggerated show of protecting the little bits while ignoring the whole.Rate it:

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anticonstituellementin french, this word is the biggest word in the whole history of french... it means: I Constantly think you are bugging me, back off or you will regret it.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/I'm here to X A and Y B, and I'm all out of ASaid before doing something, usually with a determined, resolute tone.Rate it:

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debris fieldAny area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.Rate it:

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in all one's born daysEver; in one's whole life.Rate it:

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lionA large cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a whole, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.Rate it:

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one-noteHaving only one opinion, outlook, tone, etc., especially as expressed repetitively; without variety or range.Rate it:

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round upTo the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.Rate it:

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hide one's light under a bushelFor a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.Rate it:

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bend somebody's earSorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.Rate it:

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round downTo the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.Rate it:

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rye seedCaraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread- often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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sunder outTo remove a piece of something from the whole; separate out.Rate it:

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Come AgainTo ask someone to repeat something, as words or tone delivered earlier were not clear enoughRate it:

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dress down1) Wear casual or work clothing, informal clothes: 2) Speak To Someone In a Desultory Tone, A Commanding, Analytical, Superior, Critiquing Manner; . . . . . {Tell Someone 'OFF' }Rate it:

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pitch-perfectUtterly suitable and flawless with respect to tone, expression, appearance, or other major experienceable characteristics.Rate it:

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regios spiritus sibi sumereto assume a despotic tone.Rate it:

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à tout prendreOn the whole; Everything considered.Rate it:

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ad praecipiendi rationem delābi (Q. Fr. 1. 1. 6. 18)to adopt a didactic tone.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/with great X, comes great YStates a causation in which Y follows X. Often, this phrase is used in a solemn tone, employed sarcastically for minor things that are not nearly as serious as suggested.Rate it:

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at largeIn general; as a whole.Rate it:

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au bout du compteUpon the whole; After all.Rate it:

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au vu et au su de tout le villageOpenly, before the whole village.Rate it:

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break offTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.Rate it:

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