blow someone out of the water »
To trounce; to defeat someone thoroughly, at a game or in battle.
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bounce back »
To recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.
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call out »
To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
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check in »
To announce or record one's arrival at a hotel, airport etc.
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drop a bomb »
To announce surprising or alarming information suddenly and without warning.
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drop in »
One who arrives unannounced or without an appointment.
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fly the coop »
To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee.
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give notice »
To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.
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go public »
Make public, announce publicly or to the press.
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joe job »
An act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that person's reputation or to flood that person's e-mail with bounces.
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jump rope »
The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.
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long drink »
Any drink containing more than 5 ounces of liquid and less than 9 ounces. Typically, a long drink will have lots of ice and mixer.
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mop the floor with somebody »
To trounce or defeat thoroughly or in a humiliating manner.
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on the bounce »
Consecutively, in succession.
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park the car in Harvard Yard »
A sentence used to illustrate that the Boston accent is non-rhotic; typically pronounced "pahk the cah in Hahvad Yahd".
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