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flare upTo become more intense suddenly.Rate it:

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flatten outTo become more even.Rate it:

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flog a dead horseTo attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more.Rate it:

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flutter in the dovecoteI further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.Rate it:

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fold upTo make or become more compact by folding.Rate it:

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foot votingExpressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.Rate it:

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forbidden fruit is the sweetestForbidden things have more worthwhile short-term consequences.Rate it:

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fork offto diverge into two or more separate paths.Rate it:

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freshen upto wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractiveRate it:

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from my standpointFrom my standppint, smoking hookah is more detrimental than cigarette.Rate it:

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fudge the issueAdopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.Rate it:

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fuel upTo eat hurriedly in order to do something more interesting.Rate it:

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game outTo play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more.Rate it:

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gay upTo make something more appealing to the gay community e.g. by adding gay characters to a soap opera.Rate it:

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get a gripTo relax; to calm down; to stop being angry; to come to one's senses or become more rational.Rate it:

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get out of my faceleave; the speaker is telling the hearer to leave; usually said when someone does not want to be confronted any moreRate it:

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get the word outTo make some information more widely known.Rate it:

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gild the pillTo make something unappealing look more attractive.Rate it:

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ginger upTo make something more interesting, fun, lively etc.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something than to do it for them.Rate it:

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give a person lineto allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the lineRate it:

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glam upTo make more glamorous; make oneself more glamorous.Rate it:

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glaze overSame as to gloss over something. When someone makes reference to something or alludes to it, but what was more important was hidden or was not expressly stated.Rate it:

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glaze upto light up, to become more open, as if in expectation.Rate it:

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global community cleanlinessMovement, term, and hashtag created by Renowned Global Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe and encourage global litter eradication and resource preservation efforts-one community at a time. The movement is inspired by De Bouse's father, humanitarian Curtis Lassiter's continued commitment to global community cleanliness, safety, and beautification, one city at a time via litter prevention, prompt waste pickup/removal, properly set concrete, and more #global communitycleanliness #gccmovement #activistdebouseRate it:

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go beyondTo be more than; to be better than; to surpass.Rate it:

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go nativeTo adopt the lifestyle or outlook of local inhabitants, especially when dwelling in a colonial region; to become less refined under the influence of a less cultured, more primitive, or simpler social environment.Rate it:

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go out withOften in hopes that the relationship will become more longterm as in definition 1.Rate it:

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go togetherOf two or more things, to correspond or fit wellRate it:

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good deeds sprinkle seedsPositive actions attract more positive outcomesRate it:

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goodnight ViennaEvents have reached a state of completion; nothing more can be done.Rate it:

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goose upTo boost, to take steps to make something appear more attractive.Rate it:

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goûtez-moi ce vin; vous m'en direz des nouvelles (fam.)You just taste this wine, you don’t get wine like that every day; What do you think of that for wine, my boy?Rate it:

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grammar policeOne or more people who make negative comments, which are usually unsolicited and unwanted, concerning the correctness of someone's English usage.Rate it:

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grand bruit, petite besogneThe more hurry, the less speed; Great cry, little wool.Rate it:

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grandstand playA successful play or other manoeuvre during a sporting competition in which one or more players shows off unnecessarily in order to entertain or impress the spectators.Rate it:

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gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucuparito court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with...Rate it:

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greener pasturesAny place or condition that is more favorable or beneficial.Rate it:

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grow onTo become more likeable to someone.Rate it:

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haec speciosiora quam veriora suntthis is more plausible than true.Rate it:

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halfway decentNo more than adequate.Rate it:

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ham upTo make something more clichéd, or more cheesy.Rate it:

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harden someone's heartTo make someone more resistant to something.Rate it:

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have eyes bigger than one's bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy.Rate it:

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have eyes bigger than one's stomachTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy.Rate it:

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have more chins than a Chinese phone bookTo be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").Rate it:

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have more money than GodTo be extremely or excessively richRate it:

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have other fish to fryTo have more important things to do.Rate it:

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have the time of one's lifeTo enjoy oneself more than ever before.Rate it:

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