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eat outTo dine at a restaurant or such public place.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something and put it in a different place.Rate it:

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between scylla and charybdisSimilar in meaning to between a rock and a hard place.Rate it:

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bring aboutTo cause to take place.Rate it:

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ears are burningBeing the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.Rate it:

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gemmagirls nameRate it:

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hang inTo remain in a particular place or status.Rate it:

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have one's hand in the tillTo embezzle, to steal from one's place of business.Rate it:

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keep outTo restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.Rate it:

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kiss my gritsA nice way of saying "eff you." Its a spin on the phrase "kiss my a**", written into a TV show from the 80s called "Alice". The saying was usually preceded by the name "Mel" who was the owner of the diner where Flo, the waitress who made the saying famous, worked.Rate it:

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know like the back of one's handTo be intimately knowledgeable about something, especially a place.Rate it:

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lay offTo place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.Rate it:

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move outTo vacate one's place of residence.Rate it:

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put awayTo store away, place out of the way, clean up, or organize.Rate it:

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put upTo place in a high location.Rate it:

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red rideranother name for "War", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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rock upTo turn up to a place or function unexpectedly, or without notice or prior warning.Rate it:

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run awayTo leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.Rate it:

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spread outTo place items further apart.Rate it:

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take out the trashTo forcefully remove people from a place.Rate it:

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the streets are paved with goldUsed to describe a place where it is easy to become wealthy or live well.Rate it:

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thieve outTo walk out of a place stealthily.Rate it:

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three in the pink one in the stinkTo place your three fingers inside a vagina and your fourth finger inside the anusRate it:

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what it says on the tinExactly what is described or what one would expect from the name.Rate it:

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back of beyondA very remote place.Rate it:

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take a bulletto sacrifice oneself for another; to put oneself in harm's way in place of anotherRate it:

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keep out ofTo restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.Rate it:

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ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืคื˜ื™ืฉ ื•ื”ืกื“ืŸcaught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard placeRate it:

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lay downTo lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.Rate it:

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all hell breaks looseVi A place or state of fury, turmoil, destruction, or chaos.Rate it:

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build downIn solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of higher value.Rate it:

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call forTo stop at a place and ask for.Rate it:

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Cambric TeaPlace one Tsp Sugar, one 1/4 Cup Milk in Mug or Coffee Cup, Add boiling Water to Brim While Stirring: When Temperature of 'Tea' Becomes Drinkable, You 'KIDZ" Drink Your 'Cambric Tea'; B-4 It Gitz KOLD!Rate it:

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hang the moonTo place the moon in the sky: used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation.Rate it:

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home is where you hang your hatRather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.1948, Ruth L. Yorck, "D.P.Rate it:

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je ne sais plus oรน j'en suis1. I have lost the place where I left off (in reading, etc.). 2. I do not know what I am about.Rate it:

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make a moveTo depart from a place.Rate it:

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paradise on earthAn ideal or idyllic place.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomA place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature.Rate it:

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take it outsideTo take a fight to a more violent level, especially by moving it to an outside place.Rate it:

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23 Skidoo Street[c. 1900] A fictitious place or a generic place that could refer to any location.Rate it:

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a force for goodsomething or someone, or an action that inspires or stands for morals, principles, laws and makes the world a a more fair and just placeRate it:

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Aaron's beardA common name for several plants, which have tufts of stamens.[First attested in the late 19 century.]Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax, Kenilworth ivy)Hypericum calycinum (great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star)Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage, strawberry geranium)Opuntia leucotricha (arborescent prickly pear, Aaron's beard cactus)Rate it:

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across the boardA racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.Rate it:

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ad nomen non respondere (Liv. 7. 4)to fail to answer one's name.Rate it:

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aliquem in insidiis locare, collocare, ponereto place some one in ambush.Rate it:

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aliquem in rogum imponereto place on the funeral-pyre.Rate it:

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all over hell's half acreAll over the place; everywhere.Rate it:

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also known asUsed to introduce an alternative name; alias.Rate it:

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and thatAnd the others; used after a name to denote the friends or social group of that person.Rate it:

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