avant la lettre »
An example of a term before the term was coined. Describing a term used anachronistically.
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bail out »
To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
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bail out »
To rescue, especially financially.
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barrel »
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
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bat around »
To discuss.
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bat away »
To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.
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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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bawl out »
To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture; to reprimand.
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beefed out »
Muscular, often in an exaggerated way.
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behind closed doors »
Public disclosure.
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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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behind the scenes »
In secret; out of public view.
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believe in »
To ascribe existence to.
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believe in »
To ascribe some powers or other attributes to.
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between Scylla and Charybdis »
Similar in meaning to between a rock and a hard place.
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