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English Idioms :: getaway car
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getation.html - {n. phr.} A vehicle parked near the scene of a crime in which the criminals escape. * /The police intercepted the getaway car at a major crossroads./ |
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Traditional English :: getaway
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getation.html - n.
an escape, esp. after committing a crime. |
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English Idioms :: get
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getation.html - See: GIVE AS GOOD AS ONE GETS, EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM or EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM, GO-GETTER, TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF. |
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English Idioms :: get a word in edgeways
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getation.html - {v. phr.} To find a chance to say something when others are talking. * /The little boy listened to the older students and finally got in a word./ * /Mary talked so much that Jack couldn't get a word in edgewise./ |
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English Idioms :: get credit for
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getation.html - {v. phr.} To be given points of merit, recognition, or praise for labor or intellectual contribution. * /Our firm got a lot of credit for developing parts of the space shuttle./ Contrast: GIVE CREDIT FOR. |
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English Idioms :: get down to cases
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getation.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To begin the most important work or business; get started on the most important things to talk about or know. * /The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks./ * /A busy doctor wants his patients to get down to brass tacks./ |
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