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off like a bride's nightieMaking a rapid departure; away. [From 1960.](Australia, horse racing) Moving quickly and resolutely.Rate it:

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out to lunchAway eating lunch or for a midday break; especially, away from work or a job.Rate it:

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give someone the slipTo evade, escape, or get away from somebody.Rate it:

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run for one's lifeTo run away desperately from danger.Rate it:

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blame canadaA catch phrase for shifting attention away from a serious social issue by laying responsibility with Canada.Rate it:

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blow offTo pass gas; to break wind.Rate it:

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fuck offGo away! Get lost!Rate it:

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go suck on a toeA way of telling someone to go away -- or a way of telling someone 'no'.Rate it:

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spending money as if it were waterlack of respect for the dollar, frittering away one's paycheck.Rate it:

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take apartTo move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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take the gilt off the gingerbreadTo take away the most attractive or appealing qualities of something; to destroy the illusion.Rate it:

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kick downTo break or demolish something by physical bodily force.Rate it:

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take offlineDiscuss a sensitive or highly specific topic individually or in a small group away from a larger groupRate it:

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a lie has no legsYou can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.Rate it:

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rack offTo go away; to sod off.Rate it:

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rendre l'âmeto pass away; to give up the ghostRate it:

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skreigh o' dayday break, first lightRate it:

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split offTo break away from a group or mass.Rate it:

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sticks and stonesEvocative of the saying "sticks and stones may (or will) break my bones, but words (or names) will never hurt (or harm) me".1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money StoppedRate it:

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keep one's eye on the ballMy ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's better to be that way. So being straight, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.Rate it:

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bad money drives out goodDebased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals).(metaphorically) Mediocre talent drives away real talent.Rate it:

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crack a cribTo break into a house.Rate it:

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fuck youGo away! Go to hell!Rate it:

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medium sermonem abrumpere (Verg. Aen. 4. 388)to break off in the middle of the conversation.Rate it:

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scot-freeTo get away with something completely free from obligation, harm, or penaltyRate it:

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a mille passibusa mile away.Rate it:

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a vero abducito be led away from the truth.Rate it:

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absent le chat, les souris dansentwhen the cat's away the mice will playRate it:

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adopt outTo send a son or daughter away to live in another country..Rate it:

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aegritudine, curis conficito be wasting away with grief.Rate it:

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alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducereto draw away some one's attention from a thing.Rate it:

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aller au diable vauvert (corrupted into au vert)To go very far away, a devil of a way; To disappear.Rate it:

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amuser le tapisTo talk a great deal without coming to the point; To talk time away.Rate it:

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amuser le tapis (or, la galerie)To amuse people by talking the time away.Rate it:

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arma abicereto throw away one's arms.Rate it:

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ashes to ashes, dust to dustyou are made of dust and return to ashes and dust after passing away.Rate it:

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assume the positionTo turn away, with your hands in a visible and unmovable position so that you can be searchedRate it:

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at arm's lengthAt a distance, away from one's body.Rate it:

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at onceImmediately; now; right away.Rate it:

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be off with youGo away; get out.Rate it:

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beat itTo go away.Rate it:

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beat offTo drive something away with blows.Rate it:

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bitch, pleaseWhen you want a bitch to shut up, you hold up your hand, turn away, and say “bitch, please” Similar to the saying “talk to the hand”Rate it:

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bite the big oneo break down; to be impossible to repair or not worth repairing.Rate it:

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bog offTo leave, to go away.Rate it:

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boldly go where no man has gone beforeTo break new ground.Rate it:

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Bug OffTo avoid bothering someone, to leave someone alone, go awayRate it:

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bugger upTo break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.Rate it:

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bundle offTo send someone away quickly and without fussingRate it:

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