about turn »
A complete change of opinion, direction, etc.
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all fired up »
Excited or energized; highly enthusiastic.
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angle for »
To try to obtain something by subtle indirect means. Political manoeuvres, suggestion, etc.
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answer back »
To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.
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ark ruffian »
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.
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baggage »
Heavy baggage; women and children. Also a familiar epithet for a woman; as, cunning baggage, wanton baggage, &c.
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beauty sleep »
C. 1900, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, ch. 23.
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board up »
To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
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boil down »
As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
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bone up »
To study or cram, especially in order to refresh one's knowledge of a topic.
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born on the Fourth of July »
Demonstratively patriotic.
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bragging rights »
The prerogative to praise oneself for an accomplishment or for possession of a superior characteristic.
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brass ring »
Figuratively, a prize or goal. Often used with respect to employment goals e.g. promotion, better job, etc.
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bring it on »
Used to indicate one's willingness to accept a challenge, confront a threat, etc.
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bugger up »
To break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.
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