account for »
To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
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all told »
With everything included, counted or summed.
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allow for »
To take into account when making plans.
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almost doesn't count »
Near success (or correctness) is not deemed success (or correctness).
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and counting »
Used to show that the number previously mentioned is continuously changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing.
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avoir du pois lay »
Stealing brass weights off the counters of shops.
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bad penny »
A counterfeit or damaged penny.
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balance out »
To counteract one another so as to be balanced.
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behind the counter »
Of drugs, dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription or other form of compliance.
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but who's counting »
Used as a retort or comeback, often to deprecate oneself or another for excessive concern or attention to.
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by the way »
[...] I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years. But this is by the way.
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cast up one's accounts »
To vomit.
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catch-as-catch-can »
A. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.
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chalk up to »
To attribute or account for something.
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chat up »
In a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
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