across the board »
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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bit on the side »
Secondary lover, mistress.
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bottom of the ninth »
In baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.
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bury the lead »
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
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bury the lede »
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
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cry for help »
In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.
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double up »
To have a secondary use.
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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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first loser »
Second place.
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first loser »
The second place finisher in auto racing competition.
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go mad »
Used to indicate that the second verb represents an action that is out of character.
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have second thoughts »
To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision.
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hot lunch »
A sexual act in which a pouch of clingfilm or similar material filled with faeces is placed in one of the participants' mouth and subsequently penetrated by the second participant.
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knock-on effect »
A secondary, often unintended effect.
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nightcap »
The second game of a doubleheader.
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