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off (someone or something) goes
What does off (someone or something) goes mean? | someone or something is leaving | "Off we go," I said as we opened the door and left the house.
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butt naked
What does "butt naked" mean? | completely nude |
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leave (someone) alone
What does "leave (someone) alone" mean? | to not disturb someone | "Please leave me alone so I can finish this essay."
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in the black
What does "in the black" mean? | profitable; not showing a financial loss.
| "What did you do to increase profit and eliminatelosses?We've been in the black for two months in a row."
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back-to-back
What does "back-to-back" mean? | something follows immediately after something else, two people touching backs | There were two back-to-back games today because of the rain last week.
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see the sights
What does "see the sights" mean? | to see the important things in a place | We stopped downtown during our holiday so that we could see the sights.
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put the bite on (someone)
What does "put the bite on (someone)" mean? | to try to get money from someone | The boy often puts the bite on his father before the weekend.
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down to the wire
What does "down to the wire" mean? | at the very last minute (from the wire at the end of a horse
race) | at the very last minute (from the wire at the end of a horse race)The election went down to the wire but in the end the President was re-elected to another term in office.
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top dog
What does "top dog" mean? | leader; head of a group; powerful person in an organization |
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now or never
What does "now or never" mean? | at this time and no other | It was now or never so the young man asked his girlfriend to marry him.
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knock somebody up
What does "knock somebody up" mean? | get a woman pregnant |
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in one's salad days
What does "in one's salad days" mean? | in one's youth | In her salad days my mother was a very good dancer.
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word for word
What does "word for word" mean? | in exactly the same words | I described word for word exactly what had happened before the accident.
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crack a book
What does "crack a book" mean? | study; open a textbook to study |
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fall down on the job
What does "fall down on the job" mean? | to fail to do something properly | The man fell down on the job so they replaced him with another worker.
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