about turn »
An about face; a military command to a formation of soldiers to reverse the direction in which they are facing.
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autem diver »
Pickpockets who practice in churches; also churchwardens and overseers of the poor.
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back into »
To reverse a vehicle into a space.
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back onto »
To reverse a vehicle onto something.
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back out »
To reverse a vehicle from a confined space.
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bad apple »
A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.
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born with a silver spoon in one's mouth »
Note. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.
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cite chapter and verse »
To provide specific references from an authoritative book, as the Bible or a book of statutes or rules, to support a statement.
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cite chapter and verse »
To speak authoritatively, providing detailed factual information.
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desperate times call for desperate measures »
In adverse circumstances actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.
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factotum »
A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities.
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hell or high water »
Highly adverse circumstances; acts of God.
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mix up »
To confuse or reverse.
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one step forward, two steps back »
A situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments.
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point of no return »
The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin.
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point of no return »
The point in any journey, process, or sequence of events when it is no longer possible to reverse course or stop the process.
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possession is nine-tenths of the law »
One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.
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screw back »
To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.
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the shoe is on the other foot »
The roles of people in a situation have been reversed, such the advantage has shifted to a party which was previously disadvantaged.
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turn back »
To reverse one's direction and retrace one's steps.
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turn the tables »
To reverse a situation, such that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged.
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unring a bell »
To reverse the irreversible.
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unring a bell »
To reverse the ringing of a bell.
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world »
The Universe.
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