bawdy basket »
The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing.
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big cheese »
A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
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big enchilada »
A very important person, especially the highest-ranking individual in an organization.
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big fish in a small pond »
One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.
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big kahuna »
A boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.
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big wheel »
A person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
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break rank »
To march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.
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bush league »
A low-ranking or inferior level among groups, professions, organizations, etc.
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captain of industry »
A prominent business person who owns or is the highest-ranking executive of one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
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crank out »
To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.
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crank up »
To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking.
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crank up »
To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.
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early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise »
platitude from Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Poor Richard.
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fall in »
Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.
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first things first »
Deal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the whole species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the polls
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fool's errand »
Such an undertaking, assigned as a prank.
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grand poobah »
A person who is important or high-ranking.
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head honcho »
The person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization.
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pissing contest »
A boys' prankish competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall.
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pull my finger »
A phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the resulting expulsion of gas.
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pull rank »
To assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees.
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rank and file »
Those lacking any particular title or status; those having no station.
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snipe hunt »
A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item.
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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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speak one's mind »
To state one's thoughts or opinions honestly or frankly.
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talk turkey »
To talk or negotiate plainly, frankly, or seriously.
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tell the truth »
To speak frankly.
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tell you the truth »
Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to you tell the truth".
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to be honest »
Frankly, honestly.
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to tell the truth »
An attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of an associated statement.
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tube steak »
A frankfurter.
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