hppopotamus.html - See: RAISE HACKLES or RAISE ONE'S HACKLES.

hppopotamus.html - See: AS SOON.

hppopotamus.html - {informal} Should; must. * /I had better leave now, or I'll be late./ * /If you want to stay out of trouble, you had best not make any mistakes. / * /Jim decided he had better do his homework instead of playing ball./

hppopotamus.html - {v.} To choose to (do one thing instead of another thing); like better to; would prefer to. - Used with an infinitive without "to". * /My aunt invited me to the movies, but I said I had rather go on a picnic with the girls./ * /I had sooner live in the city than on a farm./

hppopotamus.html - {v.}, {informal} To have your home in; come from; be from; especially, to have been born and raised in. * /Mrs. Gardner hails from Mississippi./ * /Mr. Brown and Mr. White are old friends because they both hail from the same town./

hppopotamus.html - {adj. phr.} Talking easily and in a friendly way to everyone you meet. * /John won the election as class president because he was hail-fellow-well-met./