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woman among womenA woman who is accepted on the same terms, and as having the same worth, as other others in society.Rate it:

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woman of the peopleA woman who shows understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinaries, and who has a rapport with and acceptance by them.Rate it:

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women and children firstAn exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger before men.Rate it:

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word playA technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names.Rate it:

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wore outgot oldRate it:

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work 'im over!To give someone heavy criticism, 'dress him down', 'read him out', let him know 'who's the boss'!Rate it:

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work around the clockTo work all day and all night without a break, because it is imperative to finish something.Rate it:

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work like a dreamTo function very efficiently and effectively, with few or no problems.Rate it:

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work one's magicTo achieve something favourable and desired through the application of special skills, talents, or expertise.Rate it:

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work outTo calculate.Rate it:

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work outTo make sense of.Rate it:

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work outTo extract gradually.Rate it:

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work outTo conclude with the correct solution.Rate it:

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work outTo succeed.Rate it:

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work outTo habitually exercise rigorously, especially by lifting weights, in order to increase strength or muscle mass or maintain fitness.Rate it:

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work outTo do exercises, especially physical.Rate it:

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work spouseA man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship having bonds similar to those of a marriage: special confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and unusual degree of honesty or openness.Rate it:

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work the roomTo interact with one's audience, taking queues from its reactions and adapting one's performance or words to elicit the audience's attention and enthusiasm.Rate it:

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work the roomTo interact enthusiastically with the attendees at an event, by moving among them, greeting them, and engaging them in conversation.Rate it:

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worm in the applesomething you thought was a good thing turns out to be a bad thing; usually at the worst possible time.Rate it:

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worn to a frazzleCompletely worn outRate it:

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worth one's whileGood and important enough for one to spend time, effort, or money on.Rate it:

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Worth Your SaltGood and deserving at a job, worth the productivityRate it:

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would it hurtUsed to point out that the interlocutor is failing to do something relatively easy that they should be doing.Rate it:

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would not throw someone out of bedan understatement meaning one finds a person sexually attractiveRate it:

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wouldn't give two hoots n a holler / ... two hoots and a hollerdefinition: it isn't worth much, or I wouldn't put much stock in it - it is not believable, or wouldn't pay attention to it.Rate it:

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wouldn't work in a pie factory tasting piesLazy and will not keep a job anywhereRate it:

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wrack and ruinComplete destruction.Rate it:

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wrap one's head aroundTo crash into (something, especially a pole) messily and fatally while travelling in a motor vehicle.Rate it:

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wrap someone around your little fingerA feeling, a sense, an awareness one realizes when another is deeply devoted, lovingly loyal and shares a mutuality in myriad areas in each other and their lives.Rate it:

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wrap upTo fold and secure something to be the cover or protection for something.Rate it:

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wriggle out ofUsed other than as an idiom.Rate it:

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wriggle out ofTo circumvent an obligation by sneaky means.Rate it:

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wring outTo squeeze a wet material, either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.Rate it:

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wring outTo force someone to give something, usually truth, or money.Rate it:

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write home aboutSee nothing to write home about and something to write home about.Rate it:

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write outTo write in full length or expanded form.Rate it:

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wuss outTo fail to do something because of cowardice.Rate it:

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X outto cross out with letter X's, or with scribble, or with lines.Rate it:

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X's and O'skisses and hugs.Rate it:

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X's and O'sThe basic delineation of roles in a project.Rate it:

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X's and O'stic-tac-toeRate it:

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X's and O'sThe fundamental elements of a play.Rate it:

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XYZThe color space of the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z.Rate it:

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y para de contarand that's all, and that's it, period.Rate it:

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yack onTo talk at length, in an annoying, boring and long-winded way.Rate it:

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yada yada yadaAnd so on; and so forth.Rate it:

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yank outTo remove something like a nail, or a tooth with one quick strong pull.Rate it:

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yasssSomething that you accomplished and in a very valley girl accent.Rate it:

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year in, year outDuring every year; always.Rate it:

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