bail out »
To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
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banyan day »
In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.
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boil down »
As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
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caught with one's hand in the cookie jar »
Observed or apprehended while committing a theft, especially while embezzling money.
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cook the books »
To manipulate accounting information, esp. illegally, by a corporation.
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cook up »
To manufacture; to falsify; to devise an elaborate lie.
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cook up »
To prepare a heroin dose by heating.
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cook up »
To prepare a meal.
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cookie-cutter »
A solution to a problem that can be applied in many situations without modification.
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cookie-cutter »
Of or pertaining to cookie cutters.
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cookie-cutter »
Of or pertaining to identical looking things.
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cooking with gas »
Now doing something in an effective way.
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cool down »
To become cooler, to be reduced in temperature.
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cool down »
To cause something temperature to lower.
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cool down »
To become less agitated.
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