a chain is only as strong as its weakest link »
An organization (especially a process or a business) is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.
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a watched pot never boils »
A process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities.
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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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act out »
To go through the process of a scene from a play, a charade or a pointless exercise.
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at work »
Working, in the process of doing work.
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bitter end »
The end of a long and difficult process.
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bottoming the house »
The process by where someone cleans their house 'from top to bottom'. It is a very thorough clean indeed, even more so than 'spring cleaning'.
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brain fart »
A lapse in the thought process; an inability to think or remember something clearly.
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caucus race »
The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, esp. presidential; a primary election via caucus.
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down to the wire »
At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.
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dummy out »
From a video game in the process of localizing that game from a foreign country.
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dusty miller »
A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.
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end of the line »
Final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.
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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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final cut »
A group, after a selection process getting rid of other candidates.
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first port of call »
The first place to go to start a process.
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give and take »
A process of compromise or accommodation.
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home in on »
To focus or narrow down to something; to find or draw closer, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.
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in process of time »
In the course of time; as time goes on; gradually; in due course.
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in the act »
In the process of doing something; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.
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in the making »
In development; in the process of being made.
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lead time »
The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.
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mind the store »
To take active responsibility for a group or process, especially within an organization.
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pare down »
To reduce by paring or a similar gradual process.
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pick up stitches »
Stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac.
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point of no return »
The point in any journey, process, or sequence of events when it is no longer possible to reverse course or stop the process.
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ramp up »
To be in the process of learning a new ability.
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run for »
To try to obtain political position through the democratic voting process.
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spectator sport »
Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in.
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stage of the game »
A point in the progress of an ongoing dispute or process.
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sticking point »
The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking-place.
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sticking-place »
The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking point.
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take in »
To receive into your home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
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throw the baby out with the bathwater »
To discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.
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walk the line »
To participate in the procession at a graduation ceremony; to graduate.
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