down for the count »
Decisively beaten; rendered irrelevant for the long term.
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drag out »
To haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force.
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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators »
(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.
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draw a bath »
To fill a bathtub with water in preparation for taking a bath.
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draw a blank »
To be unable to produce a required piece of information.
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draw on »
To advance, continue; to move or pass slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force.
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draw out »
To make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend.
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draw out »
To extract, bring out, as concealed information; elicit; educe.
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draw out »
To use means to entice or force to be more open or talkative.
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draw stumps »
To cease doing something, at least for the day.
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dress down »
To wear casual or informal clothes.
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dress up »
To wear smart clothes for an occasion.
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dressed to the nines »
Very fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing.
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drill down »
To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.
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drip »
To have a superabundance of valuable things. Usually followed by "with".
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