against the grain »
To sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.
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big gun »
A large-caliber artillery piece.
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bits and bobs »
A random assortment of things; small remaining pieces and things.
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break off »
To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
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break up »
To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
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break up »
To break or separate into pieces.
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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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bridge »
The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
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bucket of bolts »
A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
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conversation piece »
interesting object
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cuckoo clock »
ornate timepiece
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cut up »
To cut into smaller pieces.
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debris field »
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
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do up »
To fasten a piece of clothing.
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draw a blank »
To be unable to produce a required piece of information.
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