assume the mantle »
To take on a specific role or position, along with any associated responsibilites.
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best regards »
Used as a polite closing of a letter.
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blot out »
To make something undecipherable; to obliterate.
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double entendre »
A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo..
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emperor's new clothes »
Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.
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face value »
No more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation.
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get in »
To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.
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give it the gun »
Literal meaning.
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go by the board »
To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.
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have a seat »
A polite directive to sit down.
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hit the pavement »
Literal meaning.
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how are you »
An informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. Typical responses include.
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how do I get to Carnegie Hall »
A set phrase, spoken as a rhetorical question, which is answered "Practice, practice, practice!" or sometimes with the humorous literal directions to Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th.
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kick off »
To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.
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ladies first »
A phrase encouraging polite gentlemanliness, allowing the ladies to go before the men.
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