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above boardHonestly, reputably.Rate it:

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baby on boardPhrase on a sign attached to the rear of a motor car to signify that a baby is sometimes carried.Rate it:

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board upTo block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.Rate it:

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go by the boardTo be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.Rate it:

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on boardEven when I am on board the plane, I can never feel secure that my luggage is, too.Rate it:

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on boardin agreement especially with an idea or project; to approve of an idea or projectRate it:

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on boardOn or in a means of transportationRate it:

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Back to Drawing BoardTo start some work again from the basics to eliminate the errors that made the earlier plan failRate it:

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across the boardA racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.Rate it:

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across the boardPertaining to all categories or things.Rate it:

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all over the boardShowing a wide range of values with no particular pattern.Rate it:

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back to the drawing boardBack to the beginning following an unsuccessful attempt.Rate it:

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board outto send (children or pets) to stay with other people (or to boarding school, in the case of children)Rate it:

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emery boardnail fileRate it:

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festive boardEuropean reference to softwood-trenchers; {Early tableware was a wide softwood plank carved with shallow indentations for various food servings: When filled with appetizing, sumptuous portions it was referred, Festive BoardRate it:

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go by the boardTo fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship.Rate it:

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go by the boardTo estimate the velocity of a boat or ship in knots by casting overboard the knotted line to whose end is attached the lead and thereafter counting the knots in the line as it goes aft along the side boards of the vessel.Rate it:

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off boardNot participating.Rate it:

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off boardNot on or in a means of transportation.Rate it:

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on boardJoining in or participating.Rate it:

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starched as an ironing boardMeans you're stiff unable to bend/flex properlyRate it:

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sweep the boardTo get enough votes in an election to gain all the seats.Rate it:

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sweep the boardTo win all the prizes in a competition.Rate it:

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escape the bear and fall to the lionTo avoid a problem or inconvenience only to exchange it for an even worse misfortune afterwardsRate it:

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fall forbe deceived byRate it:

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fall intoWithout having planned it.Rate it:

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fall into the wrong handsTo become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.Rate it:

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fall offTo become detached or to drop from.Rate it:

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fall off a truckOf an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally.Rate it:

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fall over oneselfTo be unusually enthusiastic.Rate it:

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fall to piecesTo feel emotionally devastated; to break down.Rate it:

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fall underTo belong to for purposes of categorization.Rate it:

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you'll shit and fall in itUsed as a response to someone's plan of action. basically assuring them you won't let them and it could result in a physical altercation.Rate it:

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fall onTo experience; to suffer; to fall upon.Rate it:

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fall downTo fall to the ground.Rate it:

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fall throughTo be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.Rate it:

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fall awayTo cease to support a person or cause.Rate it:

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fall behindTo be progressively below average in performance.Rate it:

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fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the stemAlternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the treeA child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient Rate it:

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fall apartTo break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state.Rate it:

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fall backTo retreat.Rate it:

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fall forTo fall in love with somebody.Rate it:

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fall inTo collapse inwards.Rate it:

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fall in withTo accept a set of generally agreed rules, or a suggestion.Rate it:

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fall in withTo join a group of people.Rate it:

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fall intoTo go into something by falling.Rate it:

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fall overTo fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.Rate it:

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fall overOf an argument, to fail to be valid.Rate it:

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