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pull backto pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.Rate it:

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pull backUsed other than as an idiom. To pull in a backwards directionRate it:

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pull backTo retreatRate it:

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pull backTo retractRate it:

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pull backTo pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.Rate it:

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pull backTo score when the team is losing.Rate it:

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pull out all the stopsTo reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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push offTo delay, postpone, put off, push back.Rate it:

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put backTo return something to it's original place.Rate it:

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put backTo drink fast; to knock down alcohol.Rate it:

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put backTo postpone an arranged event or appointment.Rate it:

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put backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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put one's back intoTo make a strenuous effort to do something.Rate it:

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put someone's back upTo annoy someone deliberately.Rate it:

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put the clock backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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r.b atchuRight back at youRate it:

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raise the roofTo cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise.2008 Oct. 15, Leslie Ferenc, "Voters opt for stability of Guarnieri" in the Toronto Star (Canada)Jubilant Liberal supporters raised the roof of a Mississauga restaurant after incumbent Albina Guarnieri was swept back into office for her seventh term.Rate it:

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rake over old coalsTo bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.Rate it:

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rebrousser cheminTo retrace one's steps, to turn back.Rate it:

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reckon forTo answer for; to pay the account for.Rate it:

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rendre gorgeTo have to pay back money unjustly acquired; To disgorge one’s ill-gotten gains.Rate it:

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repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibusto go back to the remote ages.Rate it:

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répondez par retour du courrierAnswer by return of post.Rate it:

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respondere in hanc sententiamto answer to this effect.Rate it:

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responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferreto extract an answer from some one.Rate it:

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responsum dare (vid. sect. VIII. 5, note Note to answer...), respondereto give an oracular response.Rate it:

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return to formTo go back to a better, original state.Rate it:

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return to one's muttonsto get back to the business at hand.Rate it:

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revenir de loin1. To come back from a distant place. 2. To recover from a very severe illness.Rate it:

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rhetorical questionA QUESTION which is asked merely for effect, and which does not expect an answer. For example: If I say, "Do I look like a fool?" then I don't expect an answer: I am merely choosing a rhetorical way of saying, "I am not a fool."Rate it:

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riddle me thisAnswer this riddle for me.Rate it:

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right backUsed in several informal constructions to indicate return -- especially imminent return to a point of origin.Rate it:

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right back at youAlternative form of back at youRate it:

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ring backTo return a phone call.Rate it:

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ring backTo make another phone call to the same person.Rate it:

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rise from the ashesTo make a comeback after a long hiatus. To come back into common use or practice. To come back into popularity. To come back to being a thing of today.Rate it:

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rod for one's backThe means of one's own punishment or downfall.Rate it:

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roll backTo postpone.Rate it:

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roll backTo return to a prior state.Rate it:

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roll backTo retreat.Rate it:

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roll back the yearsTo produce a sense of nostalgiaRate it:

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roll overTo increment, especially back to an initial value.Rate it:

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row backTo slightly change a previous opinion about something, or what was said.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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run backTo rewind a film or cassette.Rate it:

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saddleA seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animalRate it:

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saddleAn item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animalRate it:

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scale backTo make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.Rate it:

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screw backTo cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.Rate it:

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sell a bargainA species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse".Rate it:

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