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(transitive, Britain, printing) To celebrate (a fellow printing or newspaper industry worker) to mark their completion of an apprenticeship or their retirement by (formerly) hitting metal furniture in the printing room or (more recently) hitting one's desk in the newsroom.
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(chiefly US, idiomatic) To commit oneself to a challenge or task; to accept a responsibility; to acknowledge a fact.
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(UK, informal) to throw away, dispose of; (by extension) to get rid of
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(idiomatic) To say suddenly, without thinking
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(UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve.
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(idiomatic) To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground.
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(idiomatic, Britain, by extension) To do something for the first time.
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(intransitive) At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid.
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(idiomatic) To enter into a confrontation or other challenging situation without being adequately equipped or prepared.
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(idiomatic) To defeat with ease.
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(idiomatic) to harm oneself; to suffer consequences of one's actions.
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(slang) To get knocked out.
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(transitive, slang) To dismiss.
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(intransitive, idiomatic, Britain, informal) To interrupt a discussion for the purpose of making a comment.
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Alternative form of jump down someone's throat [(idiomatic) To criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness.]
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(figuratively, colloquial) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely.
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(idiomatic) To give up on something in order to pursue something else.
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To bring about one's own ruin, especially by offering goods or services for far less than they are worth.
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(idiomatic) To begin; to gain early experience.
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(idiomatic) To undercut or undermine someone's dreams or aspirations.
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(idiomatic) To adopt a resolute state of mind.
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Alternative form of dig oneself in a hole [(informal, idiomatic) To put oneself in even more trouble.]
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(idiomatic) To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly.
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(idiomatic, intransitive, followed by of or from) To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.
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(slang) To fall forward, hitting one's face on the ground.
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(idiomatic, informal) To be outrun.
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Synonym of put a spoke in someone's wheel (“to thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design”)
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(slang) To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.
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(derogatory, idiomatic) To shove something down someone's throat.
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(slang, dated) To jilt or ditch a lover.
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(obsolete, idiomatic, transitive) To disappoint (someone).
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(idiomatic, Britain) Alternative form of give someone the heave-ho [(idiomatic, Britain) To fire, expel or break up with someone.]
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To be cursed; to be unworthy of notice or bother.
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(idiomatic) Suddenly to say or do something impetuous.
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(Britain, colloquial) To launch into an animated diatribe, or passionate description or explanation of something.
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(informal) To fail work, especially suddenly or with a noise
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(slang) To take a violent fall, especially of a boxer.
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(chiefly UK, idiomatic) To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong.
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(obsolete) To perform by good luck.
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(idiomatic) Synonym of kick someone when they are down (“make things worse for someone in a difficult position”)
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(slang) To drop suddenly to the ground.
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(idiomatic) Placed in a complex situation (especially work-related) without adequate preparation or experience.
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(obsolete, transitive and intransitive, dialect, West Country and Australia) To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract)
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(idiomatic) To start with fright.
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(intransitive, slang) To fail disastrously.
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Synonym of put one's feet up
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(UK, dated, informal) To live overextravagantly; to come to grief by fast living.
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(idiomatic, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) To die.
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(informal, intransitive, US) To function improperly, to show signs of disorder, (of an illness) to flare up.
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(idiomatic) To solve two problems with one single action.
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(Australia, slang) Alternative form of nick off [(Australia, slang) To leave, especially in a hurry.]
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(transitive, UK, Australia) To reject; to refuse.
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(transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
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(transitive) To put an end to; to defeat or frustrate (a scheme or project).
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(obsolete, Oxford University slang) To leave college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.
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(idiomatic) To reprimand or reform someone vigorously.
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(idiomatic, informal) Alternative form of knock someone over with a feather. [(idiomatic, informal, hyperbolic) Used to express that one is greatly surprised.]
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(idiomatic) To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position.
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(US, especially Southern US, dated) To succeed; to obtain success.
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(informal, idiomatic) To cause (someone, a team) to lose energy and confidence.
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Alternative form of take the wind out of someone's sails [(idiomatic) To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart or minimize someone's ambitions.]
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(dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
adj
Causing elimination from a competition.
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(transitive, informal) Bang out.
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Alternative form of jump down someone's throat [(idiomatic) To criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness.]
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(figuratively) To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.
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(idiomatic) To withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat; to recuperate.
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(idiomatic) To use one's superior physical strength.
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(colloquial, dated) To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.
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(figuratively) Practical experience.
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(idiomatic, obsolete) Used to form idioms meaning "to force someone to work hard or to focus intensely upon their work".
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(idiomatic) To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.
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(often passive, slang) To attack by surprise; to subject to a sneak attack.
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(archaic, idiomatic, UK) To suddenly put a stop to a disturbance by force or threats.
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(idiomatic) Synonym of stick one's nose into.
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(transitive, informal) To kill someone.
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(Britain, slang) To die.
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(transitive) To achieve (something) using strength or endurance.
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To thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design.
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(intransitive, slang, figuratively) To kick someone when they are down.
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(derogatory, idiomatic) To shove something down someone's throat.
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(idiomatic) To talk excessively.
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Synonym of ride roughshod over
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(slang, vulgar, intransitive) To force oneself to become more manly; to toughen up or man up.
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(idiomatic, colloquial) To leave; to bugger off.
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Alternative form of shoot one's mouth off [(slang) To make reckless or exaggerated statements.]
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Alternative form of sink one's teeth into [(colloquial) To become enthusiastically involved in.]
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(colloquial) To become enthusiastically involved in.
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To be too difficult to speak.
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(intransitive) To depart in an angry mood.
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(colloquial) To leave (a restaurant etc.) without paying.
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(idiomatic) To lose a large amount of money in an investment.
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(idiomatic) To kill someone; to cause someone's death.
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(idiomatic) To begin any major commitment.
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(idiomatic) To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart or minimize someone's ambitions.
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(idiomatic) To adapt to something naturally and effortlessly.
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(idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.
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(idiomatic, US) Synonym of throw a spanner in the works.
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(idiomatic) Synonym of throw a spanner into the works
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(idiomatic) To sacrifice something of little value in the hope of gaining something better.
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(idiomatic, US) To introduce a problem, dilemma or obstacle in; to complicate.
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(idiomatic) To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.
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Synonym of throw up the sponge
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Alternative form of throw money away [(idiomatic) To spend money foolishly or indiscriminately; to waste money without regard of the consequences.]
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Synonym of throw one's toys out of the pram
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Synonym of throw one's toys out of the pram
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Synonym of throw one's toys out of the pram
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(idiomatic, mostly British) To lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum.
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Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater [(idiomatic) To discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.]
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Synonym of kick someone out of bed
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Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater [(idiomatic) To discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.]
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(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To apply the harshest possible punishment to.
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(slang, wrestling) A fall, indicating defeat.
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Alternative form of twist the knife [(informal, figuratively) To deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger.]
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(transitive, idiomatic) To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.
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