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a goose has wandered onto one's midsection.To experience a warm and fuzzy feeling inside ones chest; to feel content and happy.Rate it:

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back on toAlternative spelling of back ontoRate it:

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back ontoTo reverse a vehicle onto something.Rate it:

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back ontoTo overlook something from the rear.Rate it:

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be ontoAlternative form of be on toRate it:

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bottom edgeA deflection of a ball off of the bottom edge of a bat, onto the ground and potentially into the wicket.Rate it:

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brace abackto bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the shipRate it:

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carry onTo take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.Rate it:

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cast upto wash something onto the shore.Rate it:

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come ontoAlternative form of come on toRate it:

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come outTo walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.Rate it:

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crack ontoTo flirt with; to approach and speak to, seeking romance, love, sex, etc.Rate it:

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drive someone crazyto cause insanity onto someoneRate it:

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fall on one's swordTo commit suicide by allowing one’s body to drop onto the point of one’s sword..Rate it:

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get ontoTo introduce someone to something.Rate it:

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get ontoTo contact a person or organisation about a particular matter.Rate it:

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get ontoTo scold someone.Rate it:

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get ontoTo connect, especially to the Internet or a network.Rate it:

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get ontoTo move onto an object, especially one on which it is possible to stand.Rate it:

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get ontoUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see get,‎ onto.Rate it:

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give a sneck possetTo fasten the door latch.Rate it:

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glom ontoTo attach oneself to.Rate it:

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glom ontoTo appropriate.Rate it:

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hang ontoto keepRate it:

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hold onto your hatPrepare for a shock!Rate it:

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in one's faceOnto or into someone's face.Rate it:

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latch onTo grasp firmly; to become attached to.Rate it:

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latch ontoTo obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something.Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent.Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).Rate it:

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move upTo put something higher or further. To promote, put onto a higher level. To raise, put onto a higher place. To put higher on a list.Rate it:

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mr. potato headA popular, commercially available, children's game featuring a plastic potato onto which a variety of features can be added for amusing results.Rate it:

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pass the buckTo place blame or responsibility onto someone else when someone is not willing to accept blame or responsibility for his or her own actions To make other person accept blame or responsibility which one is not willing to accept for his or her actions Being a leader, you will have to act wise without ever thinking to pass the buck, only then we will support you.Rate it:

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pearl necklaceA sexual act whereby semen is ejaculated onto a partner's neck.Rate it:

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pit outTo leave the pits and go out onto the race trackRate it:

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pitch onTo throw onto.Rate it:

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pull outTo maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane.Rate it:

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reel upTo put onto a reel; to completely reel.Rate it:

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sauce upto add sauce to; to serve sauce ontoRate 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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silver screenThe cinema screen onto which movies are projected.Rate it:

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sneck possetA fastened latch.Rate it:

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step overTo carefully move making sure you don't step onto someone or something.Rate it:

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swing-upTrainman reaches for a grab-bar on a boxcar and swings-up onto the footrail:Rate it:

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take a tiger by the tailLatch-on, accost, challenge, confront someone or something which is dangerous, threatening, vicious, harmful, explosive, oppressive, vindictive.Rate it:

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take the fieldTo go out onto the playing field.Rate it:

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they saw the need to sproom onto the terraceThe need to leave quietly without being noticedRate it:

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throw to the wolvesTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as onto the streets, especially towards predators.Rate it:

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you can't walk on iceOne cannot except to go onto the battlefield, without all of your equipmentRate it:

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