back-cloth star »
An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to gain more attention to himself.
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bad apple »
A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.
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bad penny »
A person or thing which is unpleasant, disreputable, or otherwise unwanted, especially one which repeatedly appears at inopportune times.
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balance out »
To counteract one another so as to be balanced.
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bat for the other team »
To be homosexual.
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be in a spot of bother »
To have a slight problem, to be in a predicament.
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be mother »
To pour out tea for others.
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be the way to go »
Represent the best of all possible options or courses of action; pre-eminate over all other choices or alternatives.
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beam up »
To teleport another person or object in the same manner.
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bear down »
To approach another vessel from windward.
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beat up »
To cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
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behind the counter »
Of drugs, dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription or other form of compliance.
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believe in »
To ascribe some powers or other attributes to.
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betwixt and between »
Neither one thing nor the other.
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bird in the bosom »
A secret pledge that one makes for another.
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