a stopped clock is right twice a day »
A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.
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against the clock »
In a time-restricted manner, to meet a deadline, hurriedly, timed.
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around the clock »
All the time or seemingly all the time; constantly.
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birds of a feather flock together »
People of similar character, background, or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another.
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birds of the feather flock together »
People who are alike physically tend to congregate and socialize together, despite government efforts at forced integration.
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blind »
A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
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board up »
To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
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box the compass »
To know, and be able to recite the 32 points and quarter points of the magnetic compass from North, both clockwise and anticlockwise.
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brick up »
To block by masonry, particularly using bricks.
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buzz up »
To allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.
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chip off the old block »
Someone who takes after their parent.
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clean someone's clock »
To defeat decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
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clock in »
To be measured at.
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clock in »
To begin work.
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clock up »
To accumulate a large amount of time.
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clock up »
To accumulate a large distance.
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close off »
To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
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cuckoo clock »
ornate timepiece
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day and night »
All the time; round the clock; unceasingly.
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dead end »
A path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
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drop a bollock »
To make a mistake.
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face that would stop a clock »
A shockingly attractive face.
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face that would stop a clock »
A shockingly unattractive face.
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fifth wheel »
A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multi-directional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.
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flutter in the dovecote »
I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.
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gapers' block »
A traffic jam resulting from motorists slowing to look at a motor vehicle collision or other roadside distraction.
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get »
A difficult return or block of a shot.
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gongoozle »
To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.
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grass widow »
A mother out of wedlock.
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in the way »
Obstructing, blocking, or hindering.
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knock up »
To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
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lock horns »
To come into conflict.
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lock lips »
To kiss on the lips; to engage in a French kiss.
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lock up »
To imprison or incarcerate someone.
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lock up »
To invest in something long term.
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lock up »
To close all doors and windows of a place securely.
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lock up »
To cease responding, to freeze.
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on the clock »
Displayed numerically on the mileage or kilometric gauge.
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on the clock »
In the official time expired in a game or other sporting event.
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on the clock »
In the official time remaining in a game or other sporting event.
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on the clock »
Of a taxicab, engaged for hire; displayed numerically as time or fare on the meter of a taxicab.
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on the clock »
Remunerated per unit of time.
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on the clock »
Working at one's job; occupied in some manner during one's hours of remunerated employment.
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one side »
You should move to one side and allow me to go through the passageway you are blocking.
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out of wedlock »
Of parents not legally married.
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parking lot »
A major thruway blocked by stop and go traffic.
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put the clock back »
To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.
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put the clock forward »
To change the time in a time zone to a later time.
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round the clock »
Nonstop, 24 hours per day.
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run out the clock »
To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time.
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sit on »
To block, suppress, restrain.
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spanner »
A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
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stop up »
To fill a hole or cavity, or block an opening or passage, as with a plug.
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stuff up »
Cause to be blocked.
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stumbing-block »
A hindrance, obstacle or impediment.
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stumbling block »
A hindrance, obstacle or impediment.
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tower block »
high-rise building
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turn back »
No turn a dial anticlockwise or adjust a clock or other meter to an earlier time or reading.
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under lock and key »
Imprisoned with little or no chance of escape.
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wind back the clock »
Figuratively to return in time to an earlier period of history.
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work against the clock »
To work very quickly because you know you only have a very limited period of time to do something.
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work around the clock »
To work all day and all night without a break, because it is imperative to finish something.
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you can't get a quart into a pint pot »
What is being discussed is not possible.They've asked me to get to New York by five o'clock, but you can't get a quart into a pint pot!
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