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miss the boat
To fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.
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rock the boat
To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.
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boy in the boat
Clitoris.
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fresh off the boat
Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.
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in the same boat
In the same situation or predicament; having the same problems.
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push the boat out
To do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.
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whatever floats your boat
What makes you happy; what stimulates you.
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bail out
To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
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come about
To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.
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ark ruffian
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.
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even keel
A situation in which the boat is level and balanced for a smooth ride.
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go by the board
To estimate the velocity of a boat or ship in knots by casting overboard the knotted line to whose end is attached the lead and thereafter counting the knots in the line as it goes aft along the side boards of the vessel.
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