build a better mousetrap »
To invent the next great thing; to have a better idea.
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bump into »
To collide with something.
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bump up »
To increase something suddenly.
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bumper crop »
A large yield; an excess of something.
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buried treasure »
Something, having been concealed for a long time, which later is found and is profitable.
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burn down »
To burn to nothing.
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burn down »
To completely burn, so that nothing remains.
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busman's holiday »
A holiday or vacation during which you do the same thing that you do for your usual work.
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busted flush »
Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential.
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bustle with »
To teem with; abound with; to exhibit an energetic and active abundance of a thing; to be full of a certain activity or active beings.
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busy work »
Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.
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butter fingers »
A clumsy person who always drops things, a klutz.
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button up »
To fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.
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buy out »
To purchase the entire stock or extent of something.
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buy time »
Purposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.
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