circle the wagons »
To draw a wagon train into a circle to allow the wagons to provide cover when under attack.
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circle the wagons »
To prepare to defend against an attack.
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circles around »
Far faster or better than.
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close to home »
Affecting people close to, or within, ones family circle.
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come full circle »
To complete a cycle of transition, returning to the point of origin.
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come full circle »
To make a complete change or reform.
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go round in circles »
To repeatedly do the same thing; without making any progress.
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inner circle »
The closest of friends of a person.
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play Old Harry »
Blenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. — John Buchan, "Greenmantle", 1916..
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ring around »
To call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
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ring round »
To call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
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squaring the circle »
A hopeless or impossible task.
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squaring the circle »
The historical problem of how to construct, using compass and ruler, a square having the same area as a given circle.
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twiddle one's thumbs »
To circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored.
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unwashed masses »
Of people who are considered by someone to be somehow uneducated, uninformed, godless, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.
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