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English Idioms :: coming out
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coming.html - See: COME OUT(1). |
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English Idioms :: coming out party
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coming.html - {n. phr.} A debutante party in which a young girl is formally introduced to society. * /Coming out parties used to be more popular in the early twentieth century than nowadays, primarily because they cost a lot of money./ |
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English Idioms :: coming-out
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coming.html - {adj.} Introducing a girl to polite society. * /Mary's parents gave her a coming-out party when she was 17./ |
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English Idioms :: comings and goings
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coming.html - {n. pl.}, {informal} 1. Times of arriving and going away; movements. * /I can't keep up with the children's comings and goings./ 2. Activities; doings; business. * /Mary knows all the comings and goings in the neighborhood./ |
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Traditional English :: coming
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coming.html - adj. & n. --attrib.adj. 1 approaching, next (in the coming week; this coming Sunday). 2 of potential importance (a coming man). --n. |
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English Idioms :: coming out
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coming.html - See: COME OUT(1). |
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