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Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
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You are breaking up. Can you repeat that?
Submitted on January 07, 2011
More phrases:
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- clue (someone) in
- do up
- mess around
- pop off
- run down
- take off
- take on
- as long as
- be-all and end-all
- bend over backwards
- buy time
- chip off the old block
- class clown
- cut of one's jib
- every man jack
- field day
- fit as a fiddle
- from time to time
- get a handle on
- get one's claws into
- go out on a limb
- grace period
- half a mind
- head-in-the-sand
- hold your fire
- if only
- in a nutshell
- in heaven's name
- in layman's terms
- in line
- in touch
- keep quiet
- kindred spirit
- lion
- low-hanging fruit
- magic bullet
- night owl
- nine lives
- not in kansas anymore
- old stick
- on board
- on one's toes
- on steroids
- on the nose
- on thin ice
- out of line
- play one's cards right
- pound the pavement
- quick-and-dirty
- ride roughshod over
- rule with an iron fist
- run hot and cold
- run into the ground
- run out of steam
- salad years
- save face
- see red
- see yellow
- sit tight
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