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bind overTo compel someone to do, or abstain from, a particular act.Rate it:

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bitch slappedThe act of slapping someone's face with the back of one's handRate it:

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blank canvasSomething with no content, upon which one can easily impose one's point of viewRate it:

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blow uponTo inform against.Rate it:

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blow uponTo defame, discredit; make someone the subject of a scandal.Rate it:

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boss aboutTo act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.Rate it:

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boss aroundTo act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.Rate it:

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box cleverTo act wisely.Rate it:

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brass ringOne and one half inch diameter iron rings were offered riders on a Carousel by a dispensing device alongside: A Brass Ring was inserted into the dispenser at random. The Carousel Rider who succeeded in snatching the Brass Ring was rewarded A Free Ride upon return to the Operator of the Brass Ring:Rate it:

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break the cycleTo act so as to end a repeating pattern of harmful or otherwise negative behavior.Rate it:

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bridge too farA step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching.Rate it:

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bring down the houseSpawn overwhelming agreement, acceptance, appreciation, applause as a result of a speech, magic act, athletic, dramatic, vocal, jocular or mime offering.Rate it:

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bring uponTo cause to befall.Rate it:

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buck feverExcitement and nervousness felt by a new hunter upon seeing game.Rate it:

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bug in one's bonnetSomething that makes someone act crazy or excites them or is of particular interest or concern to them; something that bothers or irritates someone; a lesser known version of the expression “bee in one’s bonnet”Rate it:

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build uponTo expand upon; to develop further.Rate it:

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build uponTo form by combining materials or parts on top of a surface or foundation.Rate it:

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butterfly upon a wheelAn innocent person crushed by life's adversities.Rate it:

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c'era una voltaonce upon a timeRate it:

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c'est un écoute s'il pleutHe is a man who cannot be relied upon.Rate it:

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call uponAlternative form of call on.Rate it:

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camel's noseA metaphor for a situation where the permitting of some small act will lead consequently to a larger undesirable act or circumstance.Rate it:

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carry onTo act or behave; especially to act or behave so as to attract attention.Rate it:

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cast the first stoneTo act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing that one is blameless.Rate it:

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catch someone red-handedTo discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.Rate it:

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Catch Someone Red-HandedTo get hold of a person or situation, while a wrong act is being carried outRate it:

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caught in the actTo be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it.Rate it:

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caught red-handedA thief who is caught in the act is described as caught red-handed.Rate it:

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cave inThe act of relenting.Rate it:

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cave inThe act of something collapsing or caving in.Rate it:

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cela me tient au cœurI have set my heart upon it.Rate it:

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cela n'est pas du jeu1. That is not fair, not cricket; You are not playing the game. 2. That was not agreed upon.Rate it:

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cela ne me dit rienThat has no effect upon me; I have no desire for it.Rate it:

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chance uponto find by chanceRate it:

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change of tackThe act of tacking, turning into the wind so the sail moves to the opposite side.Rate it:

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chew the sceneryTo display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.Rate it:

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chicken outlack nerves to actRate it:

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chickens coming home to roostConsequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.Rate it:

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clean up one's actTo reform; to improve one's habits.Rate it:

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Climb the WallsNot be able to sustain pressure or inability to act right during frustration or a challengeRate it:

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cold comfortC. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act 4, sc. 1.Rate it:

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cold shoulderA deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub.Rate it:

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come down toTo depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence.Rate it:

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come onTo encounter, discover; to come upon.Rate it:

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come toTo befall; to affect; to happen to; to come upon.Rate it:

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come to gripsseize the day! grasp the meaning, act upon the challenge, address the issue, issue stringent directives, take command, show 'em who's boss!Rate it:

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come uponTo befall; to affect; to happen to.Rate it:

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come uponto discover or find, especially by chance or accident.Rate it:

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come upon the townBecome a prostitute; turn to prostitution.Rate it:

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comptez dessusDepend upon it.Rate it:

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