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Kilroy was hereInserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.Rate it:

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la brebis galeuseThe black sheep.Rate it:

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la pelle se moque du fourgonIt is the pot calling the kettle black.Rate it:

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lay rubberTo accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.Rate it:

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le trait est arrivé à son adresseThe shaft (or, arrow) hit the mark; He took the hint.Rate it:

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lead up toTo follow or mark a path toward.Rate it:

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long shotSomething unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.Rate it:

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make one's markTo make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve apparent success.Rate it:

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make one's markTo sign (a document) by making a cross or other mark.Rate it:

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mark asTo provide sufficient reason to come to a conclusion about something.Rate it:

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mark downTo write a memorandum about.Rate it:

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mark downTo reduce the price of.Rate it:

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mark down asTo come to a conclusion about someone or something; to make a note of one's conclusion about someone or something.Rate it:

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mark my wordsListen to me; used before a statement one wishes to emphasize.Rate it:

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mark offTo separate by or as with a boundary line.Rate it:

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mark offTo indicate as dealt with, as on a list.Rate it:

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mark outto obliterate or cancel with a markRate it:

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mark outto set the boundaries of an areaRate it:

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mark outto classifyRate it:

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mark timeMarching in place; not going anywhere.Rate it:

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Mark Time!Stay With IT!, Us, the Action, The Group, The Program, the Thrust, 'What's Going-On'!Rate it:

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mark upTo increase the price of something between its wholesale and retail phase.Rate it:

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mark upTo add coding to text so that it will display properly on a computer.Rate it:

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marque de fabriqueTrade-mark.Rate it:

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marquer le pas(lit.) To mark time; (fig.) To wait for a post to which one has a right.Rate it:

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miss the markTo fail to hit the target.Rate it:

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miss the markTo fail to reach the result that was intended.Rate it:

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mouton à cinq pattesunicorn; black swan; flying pigRate it:

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mouton noira black sheepRate it:

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noarchShort for "no architecture". It is a term used mainly in package management systems to mark packages which are architecture independent. Such packages usually contain graphics, documentation or similar data that can be used on any architecture.Rate it:

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not as black as one is paintednot as bad as one is said to beRate it:

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off the markInaccurate; not correct or appropriate.Rate it:

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on the markPrecisely accurate; correct or appropriate.Rate it:

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on your mark, get set, goA three-command start when racing:Rate it:

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once you go black, you never go backAn expression assuming that once a person of another race gets in a sexual relationship with a black person they won't return to their own race.Rate it:

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onion seedThe strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella, Nigella sativa, which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion.Rate it:

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Oreo cookieA black person that appears to the community to embody the social and cultural features of a white personRate it:

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Oreo cookieA threeway involving two black participants and one white participant between themRate it:

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peg outTo mark with pegs. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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penny blackold stampRate it:

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pitThe indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.Rate it:

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play the race cardMark Fuhrman, Murder in Brentwood p.153.Rate it:

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porch monkeyA lazy black person.Rate it:

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pot calling the kettle blackA situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser has or shares.Rate it:

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pot, meet kettleUsed to draw attention to hypocrisy; a reference to the saying, "pot calling the kettle black" (see under another entry: "pot calling the kettle black"; it's the same as saying, "that's true of YOU" (and mayor may not be true of me, or not as much)Rate it:

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pull my fingerA phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the resulting expulsion of gas.Rate it:

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put paid toTo mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".Rate it:

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question markThe punctuation mark “?”, used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question..Rate it:

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question markDoubt or uncertainty.Rate it:

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quick off the markfast to act or react.Rate it:

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