turn back »
No turn a dial anticlockwise or adjust a clock or other meter to an earlier time or reading.
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turn out »
To extinguish a light or other device.
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turn the other cheek »
To accept a punishment or an injury and not act out revenge or retaliate.
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twiddle one's thumbs »
To circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored.
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two wrongs don't make a right »
(ethics) A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.1915, William MacLeod Raine, The Highgrader, ch. 15:"But when it comes to taking what belongs to another
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two wrongs make a right »
A logical fallacy whereby a wrongful action is justified by the commission of another
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unwashed masses »
Of people who are considered by someone to be somehow uneducated, uninformed, godless, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.
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upper crust »
The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating.
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victory at sea »
Ocean conditions very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other water sports.
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vote out »
To expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.
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vote with one's feet »
To show a lack of support for something by departing or otherwise absenting oneself.
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vote with one's feet »
To show support for something by going to or otherwise being present somewhere.
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wait for the other shoe to drop »
To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one which is not desirable.
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wait for the other shoe to drop »
To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
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wank off »
To sexually stimulate another's penis.
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