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English Idioms :: wise
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wisbone.html - See: GET WISE, PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH, PUT WISE, THE WISER. |
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English Idioms :: wise guy
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wisbone.html - {n. phr.}, {informal} A person who acts as if he were smarter than other people; a person who jokes or shows off too much * /Bill is a wise guy and displeases others by what he says./ |
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English Idioms :: wise up to
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wisbone.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To finally understand what is really going on after a period of ignorance. * /Joe immediately quit his job when he wised up to what was really going on./ |
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English Idioms :: wisecrack
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wisbone.html - {n.} A joke or witty remark usually made at someone else's expense. * /The comedians kept up a steady stream of wisecracks./ |
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English Idioms :: wish off on
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wisbone.html - {informal} To get rid of (something unwanted) by passing it on to someone else. * /Martha did not like to do the dishes and wished the job on to her little sister./ * /Tom got a very ugly tie for his birthday and when Billy's birthday came, Tom wished the tie off on Billy./ |
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Traditional English :: wis
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wisbone.html - v.intr. archaic know well. [orig. I wis = obs. iwis 'certainly' f. OE gewis, erron. taken as 'I know' and as pres. tense of wist (WIT(2))] |
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