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forty minutes of hellThe NCAA strategy of playing a suffocating full-court press and aggressive offense for the entirety of a game.Rate it:

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fourth estateJournalism or journalists considered as a group; the Press.Rate it:

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freezeDo not move. Used to make someone stopRate it:

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freeze upTo stop or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.Rate it:

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freeze upTo come to a sudden halt, stop working.Rate it:

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fuck aboutTo waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.Rate it:

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fugientibus instareto press the fugitives.Rate it:

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get a gripTo relax; to calm down; to stop being angry; to come to one's senses or become more rational.Rate it:

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get a lifeUsed sarcastically to tell someone who keeps meddling in other people's business, or gossiping about others, to stop obsessing over other people's lives and to concentrate on themselves and do something useful.Rate it:

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get a roomA jocular or sarcastic expression commanding a couple to stop displaying affection in public, and to rent a hotel or motel room to continue amorous activities in private.Rate it:

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get offTo stop using a piece of equipment.Rate it:

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get offTo stop touching or interfering with something or someone.Rate it:

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get off one's high horseTo stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.Rate it:

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get one's skates onTo start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.Rate it:

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Get RealTo confront reality, to realize something seriously, stop daydreaming and face the truthRate it:

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give a person lineto allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the lineRate it:

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give overUsually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.Rate it:

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give someone a breakTo stop harassing or demanding from someone.Rate it:

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Give Up the GhostStop trying or give up when you know it is useless and you will not succeedRate it:

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go awayGo away, stop annoying me!.Rate it:

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go downTo stop functioning, to go offline.Rate it:

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Go Fly a KiteTo leave, stop disturbing and making one upsetRate it:

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go GaltTo become a recluse and stop contributing to one's society, especially in the form of taxes by reducing one's productivity or work or by refusing to follow societal norms that one believes to be unjust.Rate it:

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go publicMake public, announce publicly or to the press.Rate it:

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go take a jump in the lake!a rude way of telling someone to go away and stop annoying you.Rate it:

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haerere, haesitare (Catil. 2. 6. 13)to stop short, hesitate.Rate it:

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have done withTo finish; to give up or stop working on.Rate it:

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hit the buffersTo stop suddenly and unexpectedlyRate it:

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hold backTo contain; stop.Rate it:

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hold itWait a minute; stop.Rate it:

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hold the lineTo stop a conversation to think about, or reply to someone.Rate it:

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hold the phoneStop; wait; woah. What's this? Look at this!.Rate it:

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if you stop ritik you will be stopedin Sanskrit language Ritik means the flow of calm and quite water stream. If you disturb it it will lead to destruction of whole community.Rate it:

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it's all grist to the millEverything referred to in the present context has some sort of use.1999, Simon Blackburn, Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy (Oxford University Press paperback, ISBN 0199690871), ch. 7 section 6: "KantRate it:

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j'y suis, j'y resteHere I am, here I stop.Rate it:

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jack inTo stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.Rate it:

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jack it inAn imperative to stop doing something that the speaker finds annoying.Rate it:

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just a minuteStop; wait. Used to indicate that the speaker wishes the previous speaker or the proceedings to stop so that he or she can comment on what has been said or has happened so far.Rate it:

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just a secondStop; wait. Used to indicate that the speaker wishes the previous speaker or the proceedings to stop so that he or she can comment on what has been said or has happened so far.Rate it:

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keep hope aliveEven if something seems to become more and more unlikely, do not stop believing in it.Rate it:

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kick outTo stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly.Rate it:

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kicking the ladyTo stop the cocaine habit.Rate it:

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killTo stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.Rate it:

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kiss meI informally request that you kiss me—that you touch my lips with your lips or press the lips against, as an expression of love or affection.Rate it:

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knock it offStop doing something; desist.Rate it:

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lay overTo make an intermediary stop somewhere.Rate it:

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leave homeTo stop living with one's parents.Rate it:

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leave it at thatTo agree that there has been enough discussion, study, etc. and that it is time to stop.Rate it:

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leave me alonestop talking to me, stop being near me, stop interfering with my lifeRate it:

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leave offTo stop with a view to resuming at a later point.Rate it:

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