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plant your feet firmly on the ground!Assume a firm stand, become resolute, reject intimidation.Rate it:

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play first fiddleTo play a leading role.Rate it:

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point manIn combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.Rate it:

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porn star namea comical name for a person, typically made from the name of their first pet and the name of the first street they lived on.Rate it:

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premier arrivé, premier servifirst-come, first-servedRate it:

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primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedereto give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one.Rate it:

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primis litterarum elementis imbuito receive the first elements of a liberal education.Rate it:

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primo quoque temporeat the first opportunity.Rate it:

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principem (primum), secundum locum dignitatis obtinereto occupy the first, second position in the state.Rate it:

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principem in re publica locum obtinereto hold the first position in the state.Rate it:

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proverbs come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.Rate it:

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put one's feet upTo relax.Rate it:

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Put Your Best Foot ForwardTo leave the perfect first impression, to try your best to do somethingRate it:

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rakeThe sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.Rate it:

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read oneself inTo read about the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent; required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.Rate it:

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running targeta standard of performance set by the first place competitor that lower placed competitors try to exceedRate it:

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sacrificial poetIn poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.Rate it:

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second fiddleA fiddle part in harmony to the first fiddle.Rate it:

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second stringIn sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string.Rate it:

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see which way the cat jumpsTo delay taking action until something else happens first.Rate it:

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sens devant derrièreWrong side first.Rate it:

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sham AbrahamTo pretend sickness or insanity. {{First attested in the late 18 century.}}Rate it:

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sham AbramAlternative form of sham Abraham. [First attested in the late 18 century.]Rate it:

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shipping them greenWhen a ship is heading into waves, its bow will sometimes plunge into the onrushing wave. At first, spray will break over the bow, but as the height of the waves increases, the bow will plunge deeper into the wave, and instead of spray, unbroken green water will pour onto the Fo'c'sle and decks. Hence the seafarer's expression "Shipping them green", implying worsening weather, or, by extension, a worsening and/or dangerous or unsatisfactory situation.Rate it:

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shoot first and ask questions laterTo act boldly.Rate it:

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shoot first and ask questions laterTo take action with serious consequences without delay, preserving the benefit of surprise by not providing indication of one's intent.Rate it:

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shoot oneself in the footTo deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes personal suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.Rate it:

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shotgunA play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the snapper when the ball is hiked, ideally allowing for an easier pass play.Rate it:

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shuffleAn instance of walking without lifting one's feet.Rate it:

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six feet underBuried six feet underground; not alive; dead.Rate it:

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skip ropeTo jump over a rope, both of whose ends are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is moved under the jumper's feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope.Rate it:

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skreigh o' dayday break, first lightRate it:

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slow-walkTo delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.Rate it:

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stand on one's own two feetTo be independent. To survive without any help.Rate it:

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start a familyTo conceive one's first childRate it:

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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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stick the landingTo complete a gymnastic or other athletic routine involving leaps, vaults, somersaults, etc. by landing firmly, solidly, and flawlessly on one's feet.Rate it:

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sweep awayTo overwhelm someone emotionally; sweep someone off their feet.Rate it:

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sweep someone off their feetTo seduce someone romantically.Rate it:

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Sweep You Off Your FeetTo leave a fine impression with your emotions and enthusiasm, to get overwhelmed by emotions and feelings of loveRate it:

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take the leadTo become the leader, to advance into first place.Rate it:

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tee offTo hit the first shot of the hole.Rate it:

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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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the early bird gets the wormWhoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are only available to the first competitors.Rate it:

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think on one's feetWhen one is in the middle of a process, activity, or conversation, to adjust rapidly, effectively, and intelligently to new developments or changing circumstances.Rate it:

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third stringA unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.Rate it:

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to not let any grass grow under one's feetto be always active and never delay in taking an actionRate it:

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tread outTo press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat.Rate it:

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try to get on first!An encouraging expression to others to attempt a seemingly impossible task. The leader asks the crew to give it their best and try the "baseball theme".Rate it:

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tu n'en auras pas l'étrenneYou will not be the first to use it.Rate it:

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