blot one's copy book »
To damage one's own reputation through bad behavior.
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blow a fuse »
To lose one's temper; to become enraged.
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blow chunks »
To vomit chunks of undigested food.
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blow the whistle »
To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency.
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blow up »
To enlarge or zoom in.
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blow up »
To suddenly get very angry.
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blue state »
A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general.
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blue whale »
largest mammal
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bogged down »
Stuck, as if in a bog.
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bogged down »
Stuck; mired, as in detail, difficulty; delayed or made slower.
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bone up »
To study or cram, especially in order to refresh one's knowledge of a topic.
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boot camp »
A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
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borganism »
An organization of autonomous organisms that exhibit collectivism: individual "units" that have merged to yield a unified construct. Such an amalgam may possess a collective consciousness, arguably an emergent phenomenon of social networking.
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born with a silver spoon in one's mouth »
Note. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.
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bottle out »
To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage.
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