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drop a lineTalk stuff say your words put somebody downRate it:

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expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellereto turn a person out of his house, his property.Rate it:

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faites vos jeuxIn roulette, the call made by the croupier when gamblers can place their bets.Rate it:

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fall forTo fall in love with somebody.Rate it:

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go backTo return to a place.Rate it:

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go downTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.Rate it:

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go downTo take place, happen.Rate it:

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good afternoonA greeting said when meeting somebody in the afternoon.Rate it:

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I couldn't have said it better myselfUsed to wholeheartedly agree with somebody else's remarkRate it:

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il fait la caisseHe is making up his cash account.Rate it:

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keep outTo refrain from entering a place or condition.Rate it:

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keep out ofTo stay away from a place or condition.Rate it:

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knock outTo put someone to sleep.Rate it:

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leave no stone unturnedTo search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place.Rate it:

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like father, like sonA son will have traits similar to his father upon reaching adulthood.Rate it:

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lock upTo close all doors and windows of a place securely.Rate it:

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look offTo put off by one's facial expression.Rate it:

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lump togetherTo put different items or groups together and treat them, or think of them as one single group.Rate it:

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middle of nowhereNowhere; any place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.Rate it:

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move onTo leave somewhere for another place.Rate it:

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paint the town redTo party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.Rate it:

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pick up where you left offto start up again in the very place that one has stopped.Rate it:

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pot calling the kettle blackA situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser has or shares.Rate it:

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sack chaserA women who tries to woo weathy man for his money.Rate it:

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sleep roughTo sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.Rate it:

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stick upTo put up by sticking.Rate it:

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stumble acrossTo meet somebody by chance.Rate it:

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tear up the pea patchTo put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.Rate it:

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try to top that one!When one excels often and in a high degree, there is naturally a strong feeling of achievement. The proud winner may chide and challenge his associates and peers.Rate it:

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vaulting schoolUsed other than as an idiom: see vaulting, school. (A place where one learns to vault.)Rate it:

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wait upTo stay awake waiting for somebody to return.Rate it:

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am i right or am i rightRhetorical question from somebody who has stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.Rate it:

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and shitUsed after a noun or list of nouns in place of "etc".Rate it:

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familiarity breeds contemptThe more acquainted one becomes with a person, the more one knows about his or her shortcomings and, hence, the easier it is to dislike that person.1894, H. Rider Haggard, The People Of The Mist, ch. 25:This was the beginning of evil, for if no man is a hero to his valet de chambre, much less can he remain a god for long in the eyes of a curious woman. Here, as in other matters, familiarity breeds contempt.Rate it:

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give someone the slipTo evade, escape, or get away from somebody.Rate it:

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look aroundTo search a place.Rate it:

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sneak offTo leave a place, or a meeting, without being seen or heard.Rate it:

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square awayTo finish, complete, tidy or put in order.Rate it:

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twenty-five cent wordAn uncommon word, often used in place of a more common one with the intent to appear sophisticated.Rate it:

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you can hang your hat on thatIt's something to put faith in, to rely upon or trust (when used in a positive connotation).Rate it:

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accident of birthReference to the fact that various benefits or detriments to the life of a person arise from the circumstances into which that person was born, these being entirely beyond his control.Rate it:

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been there, done thatAn assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is now bored.Rate it:

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blow upTo explode something or somebody or destroy something or injure or kill somebody by explosion.Rate it:

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green handAn inexperienced crew member of a 19th-century whaler on his first voyage.Rate it:

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non - aphabetical orderTo place words in Z-A AlphabeticalRate it:

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

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pin downTo corner somebody in order to get a firm answer.Rate it:

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

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apple of someone's eyeA favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.Rate it:

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apply oneselfTo put forth a concerted effort; to try; to focus.Rate it:

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