hit on »
To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize; to invent.
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hit upon »
To think of; to invent; to realize.
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honest injun »
A phrase used to emphasize the truth of something.
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horizontal dancing »
Sexual intercourse.
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horizontal mambo »
Sexual intercourse.
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household name »
A genericized trademark or anepronym.
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in effigy »
Symbolizing, usually as an effigy.
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in focus »
Sharp and clear with no fuzziness.
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in for a dime, in for a dollar »
Americanised form of in for a penny, in for a pound.1983, Allen Drury, Decision, p. 356:In for a dime, in for a dollar, he thought crazily, and said what he had to say in a voice he forced to stay level and calm.1998, Ellen Miller, Like Being Killed, p. 47:In for a dime, in for a dollar. I whispered to Gerry,
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in the act »
In the process of doing something; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.
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in vain »
19C, Friedrich Nietzsche.
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it takes all kinds to make a world »
Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike.He irons his clothes how?! That's crazy! Well, I guess it takes all kinds.
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jack up »
To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.
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jump on the bandwagon »
To profit from a craze; to join a trend.
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jungle telegraph »
A gossip network; an informal communication system within a group or organization.
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