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four score and seven years agoAs an opener, a sometimes sarcastic indicator to indicate a past event being mentioned is particularly important.Rate it:

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fucked oversimple past tense and past participle of fuck someone overRate it:

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fucked upsimple past tense and past participle of fuck upRate it:

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get pastTo cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.Rate it:

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get pastTo get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.Rate it:

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get pastTo cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.Rate it:

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get pastTo continue around a blockage; to get around; to surpass something that is in the way.Rate it:

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get past oneselfTo become able to look beyond one's own ego and negative emotions; to overcome internal and emotional obstacles.Rate it:

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ghost from one's pastSomething unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them to the present day.Rate it:

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go back in timeTo talk about history or the past.Rate it:

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go byTo pass, to go past, without much interaction.Rate it:

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go moggy(usually in the past tense, as in "gone moggy") To break something or to cause something to become disorganized or dysfunctional.Rate it:

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go off without a hitchWithout any problems; with perfect execution; very smoothly or effortlesslyRate it:

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go pastTo surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.Rate it:

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go the way of the dinosaursTo go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to go off the firsthand market; to become a thing of the past.Rate it:

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go the way of the dodoTo go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to go out of the firsthand market; to become a thing of the past.Rate it:

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going toForms a future tense.Rate it:

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going toForms a tense future to some past time.Rate it:

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good old daysA period of time in the distant past when things were better or fondly remembered.Rate it:

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Goody Two-ShoesA person who is so efficient and tries to be perfect so much so that it annoys othersRate it:

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got it going onpast participle of have it going onRate it:

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have something down patTo know something or be able to do something perfectly. Be perfect master of something.Rate it:

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hindsight is 20/20(idiomatic) In hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset; one is able to evaluate past choices more clearly than at the time of the choice.Rate it:

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history repeats itselfThings that have happened in the past will happen again.Rate it:

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Homer noddedsimple past tense of Homer nodsRate it:

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il est bête à manger du foinHe is a perfect idiot.Rate it:

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il est perdu sans retourHe is past all hope.Rate it:

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il ne sait ni A ni BHe does not know B from a bull’s foot; He cannot read; He is a perfect ignoramus.Rate it:

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inch-perfectperfectly measured.Rate it:

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iusto iurewith perfect right.Rate it:

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let bygones be bygonesTo ignore or disregard a past offense (when dealing with another individual).Rate it:

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let get pastSynonym of let pastRate it:

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let pastTo allow someone to pass one.Rate it:

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let sleeping dogs lieTo leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.Rate it:

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let the perfect be the enemy of the goodTo insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal.Rate it:

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like clockworkWith perfect regularity and precision; faultless.Rate it:

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long ago and far awayIn the distant past, years and years ago.Rate it:

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long sincePast.Rate it:

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look backTo reminisce about a past time.Rate it:

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look beyondTo see potential past obvious flaws; to consider something more than something else.Rate it:

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lose the plotTo have one's results decline severely in quality or suddenly fall below an acceptable standard, especially when compared to past excellence.Rate it:

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march pastAlternative form of march-pastRate it:

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meo (tuo, suo) iurewith perfect right.Rate it:

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Miss RightA perfect, ideal or suitable female mate or wife.Rate it:

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Mister RightA perfect, ideal or suitable mate or husband.Rate it:

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mort de rirelit., as adjective or past tense, dead or died of laughing, so "died laughing" or "dying of laughter"; compare mort de faim for starve. Often appearing as abbreviation "mdr" or "MDR," e.g., in SMS, as the French expression equivalent to LOL; sometimes expanded as the infinitive, mourir de rire.Rate it:

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mouthed offsimple past tense and past participle of mouth offRate it:

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nadie es perfectonobody's perfectRate it:

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nobody's perfectUsed when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.2000, Madonna, Nobody's PerfectI feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my bestRate it:

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not a hair out of placeThe appearance, condition, presence of a subject which is ideal, almost perfectRate it:

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