beat up »
To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
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fifteen minutes of fame »
Alternate form of 15 minutes of fame.
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jump rope »
The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.
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old school »
Characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.
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run hot and cold »
To alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure.
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serpentine »
Sinuous; curving in alternate directions.
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switch off »
To alternate between; to trade.
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tag team »
Two or more people or groups acting alternately to accomplish some task.
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