eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth »
Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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facts on the ground »
A euphemism, similar to fait accompli, used as an oblique way of saying that discussions over the possession of a given piece of territory has been rendered moot by the presence of military forces.
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fail over »
To automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.
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fall between two stools »
To attempt two tasks and fail at both, when either one could have been accomplished singly.
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fall by the wayside »
To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out.
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fall off »
A hip hop term; to completely lose the plot in terms of artistic direction.
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fall on deaf ears »
Of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored.
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fall over »
Of a computer program, to crash.
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far be it »
Pewtey in Marriage Guidance Counselor from And Now For Something Completely Different.
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feather in one's cap »
An accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of.
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fencepost problem »
In computer programming, a problem dealing with how to treat the initial or boundary values of a discrete problem.
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fill in »
To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
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finish off »
To finish completely.
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first loser »
The second place finisher in auto racing competition.
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fish for compliments »
To try to induce someone to make a compliment.
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