bawdy basket »
The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing.
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big cheese »
A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
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big enchilada »
A very important person, especially the highest-ranking individual in an organization.
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big fish in a small pond »
One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.
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big kahuna »
A boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.
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big wheel »
A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
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break rank »
To march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.
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bush league »
A low-ranking or inferior level among groups, professions, organizations, etc.
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captain of industry »
A prominent business person who owns or is the highest-ranking executive of one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
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crank out »
To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.
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crank up »
To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.
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crank up »
To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.
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early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise »
platitude from Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Poor Richard.
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fall in »
Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.
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first things first »
Deal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the whole species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the polls
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