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English Idioms :: shack up with
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shaow.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To move in with (someone) of the opposite sex without marrying the person. * /Did you know that Ollie and Sue aren't married? They just decided to shack up for a while./ See: LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING. |
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English Idioms :: shadow
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shaow.html - See: AFRAID OF ONE'S SHADOW, EYE SHADOW. |
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English Idioms :: shaggy dog (story)
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shaow.html - {n. phr.} A special kind of joke whose long and often convoluted introduction and development delay the effect of the punch line. * /Uncle Joe only seems to bore his audiences with his long shaggy dog jokes, for when he comes to the long-awaited punch line, he gets very few laughs./ |
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English Idioms :: shake
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shaow.html - See: MORE THAN ONE COULD SHAKE A STICK AT. |
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English Idioms :: shake in one's boots
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shaow.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To be very much afraid. * /The robber shook in his boots when the police knocked on his door./ |
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English Idioms :: shake a leg
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shaow.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To go fast; hurry. * /Shake a leg! The bus won't wait./ Compare: STEP ON IT. |
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