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key upTo produce nervous tension in.Rate it:

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key offTo take as a controlling input datum.Rate it:

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a golden key can open any doorSufficient money can accomplish anything.Rate it:

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key upTo raise the pitch of.Rate it:

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key offTo collide with ; or connect to an object with a degree of force and soundRate it:

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under lock and keyImprisoned with little or no chance of escape.Rate it:

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key downTo relax.Rate it:

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key inenter dataRate it:

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key intoTo grasp; to understand the overall concept of or be acutely aware of the underlying and essential meaning of something; to get it.Rate it:

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key upTo raise off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent.Rate it:

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skeleton keyA key in a hotel (or used by a thief) that opens all the doors in the premises.Rate it:

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brush pastTo go by quickly, making slight contact.Rate it:

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cut offTo isolate or remove from contact.Rate it:

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get wetTo come into contact with water or another liquid.Rate it:

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touch woodTo make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.Rate it:

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hard yardsThe key effort in completing a difficult taskRate it:

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in touchIn contact, or in communication.Rate it:

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no plan survives contact with the enemyIt is a reality of conflict that, after a plan against an enemy is begun, there will always be unexpected elements resulting from opposition that require improvisation and deviation from the original plan.Rate it:

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bridgeA song contained within another song, often demarcated by meter, key, or melody.Rate it:

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broad strokesMajor features or key points; outline.Rate it:

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drift apartTo lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.Rate it:

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get back toTo return contact withRate it:

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get on toTo contact in order to raise or discuss a certain matter.Rate it:

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get one's foot in the doorTo initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job.Rate it:

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get ontoTo contact a person or organisation about a particular matter.Rate it:

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get withto contact; make contact withRate it:

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gold ticketThe key to something amazingRate it:

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here's the thingPrecedes the key point of an explanation.Rate it:

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HMUInitialism of hit me up; contact me at a later time.Rate it:

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holla atTo call on a telephone; to contact or maintain contact with.Rate it:

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hunt and peckForm of typing employed by novices in which they search for and strike each and every key one by one on a keyboard, normally using only their index fingers --considered slow and inefficientRate it:

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I've burned myselfIndicates that the speaker is physically hurt due to contact with fire or heat.Rate it:

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long absent, soon forgottenLove fades away when people are distant and don't keep close physical contact.Rate it:

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long timeUsed as part of greeting of two people who have not been in contact for a long time.Rate it:

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lose touchTo cease to be familiar with someone or something or to cease to communicate or have contact.Rate it:

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meet withTo contact or touch (something).Rate it:

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nous prendrons la clef des champsWe shall take the key of the street (i.e., run away).Rate it:

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out of touchNo longer maintaining contact or communications.Rate it:

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phone tagA situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.Rate it:

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phone upto phone, to contact by telephoneRate it:

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pick offTo throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.Rate it:

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plumber's crackAny male that has his pants sliding down his butt and the top of his "cheeks" are showing.Rate it:

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shrinking violetA very shy person, who avoids contact with others if avoidable.Rate it:

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snuggle bunnyA romantic partner, child, pet, stuffed animal, etc. which is an object of affection and which provides comfort through physical contact.Rate it:

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softly softlyDiscreet, low-key, careful.Rate it:

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soul kissA kiss in which contact occurs between the tongues of the kissers.Rate it:

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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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touchy-feelyHaving a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree.Rate it:

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