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English Idioms :: sling hash
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slikworm.html - {v.}, {slang} To serve food, especially in a cheap, small diner, a drive-in, or short-order restaurant. * /Jake got a job slinging hash at the new drive-in restaurant./ * /Jody earned money for college by slinging hash in a restaurant during the summer./ Compare: SHORT-ORDER COOK. |
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English Idioms :: slinging match
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slikworm.html - {n. phr.} A loud, angry quarrel. * /The debate deteriorated into a most unseemly slinging match./ |
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English Idioms :: slip
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slikworm.html - See: GIVE THE SLIP, SALES CHECK or SALES SLIP. |
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English Idioms :: slip a gear
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slikworm.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To make a mistake. * /I must have been slipping a cog when I said that I would run for mayor./ * /Jim hates to sleep outdoors. He's slipping his gears if he's promised to take the boys camping./ Compare: SLIP UP. |
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English Idioms :: slip away
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slikworm.html - {v. phr.} To leave unnoticed. * /The party was such a bore that we decided to quietly slip away./ |
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English Idioms :: slip of the lip
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slikworm.html - See: SLIP OF THE TONGUE. |
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