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To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
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When we heard hurricane Ian was going to be a category 4 hurricane, we boarded up the windows and took precautions.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
Modified by TriplePurple on December 19, 2023
More phrases:
- buckle up
- burn out
- crank out
- fill in
- keep down
- lay down
- lay low
- look to
- muck about
- pass away
- pick up
- pop off
- put down
- ring in
- sound off
- stamp out
- stand back
- straighten out
- tie up
- watch over
- zero in on
- and then some
- as all get-out
- behind closed doors
- beside oneself
- blessing in disguise
- by heart
- carry a torch for
- class clown
- do-or-die
- flower
- for the hell of it
- fresh start
- get the ball rolling
- give birth
- gloss over
- go without saying
- gray area
- grunt work
- have a cow
- horse's ass
- in the hot seat
- in touch
- keep an eye on
- kick ass
- kick ass
- kindred soul
- king
- middle of nowhere
- no joy
- not in kansas anymore
- object lesson
- of late
- off-color
- on a full stomach
- on hold
- on top of the world
- out of house and home
- over one's head
- pay for it
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