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space outTo plant seedlings etc at regular intervals with a calculated space between them.Rate it:

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space outTo stupefy, intoxicate, disorient, or lose attention or focus, especially by the use of drugs.Rate it:

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empty promiseA promise that is either not going to be carried out, worthless or meaningless.Rate it:

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empty vessels make the most soundnoisy, opinionated people are often stupid.Rate it:

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empty outTo completely empty.Rate it:

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empty the tankTo make the utmost effort; to contribute to the absolute limit of one's energy and abilities.Rate it:

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factor spaceA space obtained from another by identification of points that are equivalent to one another in some equivalence relation.Rate it:

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factor spaceIn a product space.Rate it:

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free spaceUsed other than as an idiom: see free, space.Rate it:

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free spacevacuum; a space free of matter.Rate it:

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glass-half-emptypessimisticRate it:

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it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.It being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly.Rate it:

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run on emptyLosing enthusiasm or willingness, lacking energy.Rate it:

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running on emptyLosing enthusiasm or willingness, lacking energy.Rate it:

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space cadetSomeone who acts spacy or under the influence of drugsRate it:

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watch this spaceAn indication that a development will follow.Rate it:

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a week is a long time in politicsIn politics, a lot of change can happen in a short space of time.Rate it:

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crowd togetherTo push into an excessively small space; to pack tightly.Rate it:

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daylightA clear, open space.Rate it:

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debris fieldAny area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.Rate it:

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elbow roomRoom or space in which to move or maneuver.Rate it:

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HALa homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.Rate it:

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lip serviceEmpty talk; words absent of action or intention.Rate it:

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tidy upTo make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily neat. Usually used to describe the straightening-out of a small room or small space.Rate it:

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walk the talkTo do what one said one could do, or would do, not just making empty promises. To walk one's talk is to be innocent of hypocrisy.Rate it:

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back inTo reverse a vehicle into a space.Rate it:

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back intoTo reverse a vehicle into a space.Rate it:

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short-sheetTo play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.Rate it:

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top offTo fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty.Rate it:

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hungry as a bearvoracious, starved, empty.Rate it:

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back outTo reverse a vehicle from a confined space.Rate it:

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stand asideTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.Rate it:

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XYZThe color space of the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z.Rate it:

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house cooling partyA party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.Rate it:

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rid outto clear out, emptyRate it:

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show inTo lead or direct someone to an enclosed space, usually a room.Rate it:

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all mouth and no trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all mouth and trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in X, no one can hear you YIndicates a threat of imminent danger. X is often limited to words having something to do with space. Y is a sound made by humans, especially 'scream'.Rate it:

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bounce off the wallsTo be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.Rate it:

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c'est un donneur d'eau bénite de courHe makes empty promises.Rate it:

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clap outTo remove negative energy from a space by clapping.Rate it:

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clean outTo empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from.Rate it:

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clear outto completely emptyRate it:

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clear outto become emptyRate it:

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daylightThe space between platens on a press or similar machinery.Rate it:

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deadweightThe largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.Rate it:

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deep sleepArtificially induced hibernation in humans for the purpose of long distance space travel.Rate it:

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drain outTo empty completely of liquids; to drain completely.Rate it:

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dump outTo empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.Rate it:

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