break out »
To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
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break the bank »
To exhaust one's financial resources.
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brickbat »
A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.
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brickbat »
A criticism or uncomplimentary remark hurled at artwork or other recipient.
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brickbat »
For example, it's quite common for magazines to have a section called Bouquets and Brickbats for compliments and criticisms.
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bridge »
A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
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bridge »
Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit.
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bright-line rule »
A clear-cut, easy to make decision.
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bring out »
To elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality.
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bring owls to Athens »
Perhaps we have not been sufficiently aware that talking about access and its implications in Scandinavia is like bringing owls to Athens. — Herbert Burkert.
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bring round »
To resuscitate; to cause to regain consciousness.
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broad shoulders »
The ability to take criticism, or accept responsibility.
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broken-hearted »
Alternative spelling of brokenhearted. Feeling depressed, despondent, or hopeless, especially over losing a love.
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brown bag »
A short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime.
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brown bread »
Bread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.
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