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a
number
of
Several of.
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number
one
First; foremost; best.
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opposite
number
A person who holds a position in an organization that corresponds to that held by another person in an other organization; a counterpart.
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take a
number
Recognize that many others are in the same situation; recognize that one's concerns are not of high priority; be prepared to wait.
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do a
number
on
To damage; to treat harshly; to produce ill effects.
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number
one with a bullet
Superlative; impossible to beat.
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have one's
number
on it
Te be destined for someone.
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look out for
number
one
To act in one's own interests; to act in a manner advantageous primarily to oneself.
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lose the
number
of one's mess
To die, to perish.
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drop back
Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a
number
of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
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put out
The statistic of the
number
of outs a defensive player directly caused.
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ring round
To call a
number
of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
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round up
To the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole
number
of hundreds, thousands, etc.
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round down
To the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole
number
of hundreds, thousands, etc.
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stop up
To increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher
number
to an f/stop represented by a lower
number
and causing more light to pass into the camera.
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cattle call
An audition which is open to the public and thus draws a large
number
of applicants, many of whom are inexperienced.
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and change
And some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round
number
.
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and counting
Used to show that the
number
previously mentioned is continuously changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing.
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everybody and their brother
A large
number
of people; most people.
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everyone and their brother
A large
number
of people; most people.
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get some zzzzzz's
Comic Strip person was pictured as 'sleeping' with a
number
of letter 'Z,Z,Z,Z,Z's' in overhead cloud:
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go the distance
To participate in a boxing match for its maximum
number
of rounds.
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installed base
The
number
of units of a system or product that are currently in use.
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many hands make light work
A large
number
of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.
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mercury
A silvery-colored metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic
number
80 and symbol Hg.
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once or twice
A small, indefinite
number
of times.
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perfect storm
A situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a
number
of factors.
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pileup
a collection of Jumbled vehicles, piled atop each other as a result of any
number
of untoward, unsafe vehicle operation or environmental factors occurring on a roadway, street, freeway, railway:
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Punchboard
A book-size laminated paper 1'/2 inch thick board with 25 to 200 drilled holes in surface. Holes contain 'accordion-fold',
number
ed kite-paper which when 'punched-out of board' with small PUNCH-tool may reveal a 'winning-chance
number
': Winning
Number
s posted on board. Variety of Valuable prizes is predetermined by cost of a single 'PUNCH': Win! Box Candy, jewelry, trinkets, appliances, tools, flashlights et al:
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ring around
To call a
number
of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
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ring out
To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network
number
.
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round off
To change a
number
into an approximation having fewer significant digits.
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skeleton crew
The minimum
number
of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item at its most simple operating requirements, such as a ship or business, during an emergency or shut down, and at the same time, to keep vital functions operating.
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there's a sucker born every minute
There are a great
number
of fools in the world, and there always be.
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three score and ten
A life span. The
number
70 (= 60 + 10).
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