all one's eggs in one basket »
Investing heavily in just one area.
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asphalt jungle »
A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
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back water »
A very remote, rural area.
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beyond the black stump »
Extremely remote, outside the populated area.
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bridge »
A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2.
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clean up »
To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
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close off »
To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
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concrete jungle »
An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe.
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cut a wide swath »
To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action.
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cut in »
When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
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debris field »
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
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far and wide »
Over a great distance, or large area; nearly everywhere.
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gray area »
A part that is not clear or certain; something that is open to interpretation.
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grey area »
A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other.
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grey area »
An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories where the border between the two is fuzzy.
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