My English

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All for nuaght

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Something was done all for nothing.

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By and by

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Before long and eventually

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Cup runneth over

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Having more than enough

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Let his hair down

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To be informal and relaxed

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Let his heir down

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Suggests disappointment a decedent

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Mind's eye

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In one's imagination

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Sedantary

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Not moving

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Bob wire

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An informal term that's been adopted only regionally.

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All do respect

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Everyone respects something

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All due respect

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To express polite disagreement

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Ascribe

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To attribute something to a cause

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Subscribe

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To pay to receive something regularly

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Beaten track

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Something done by many people or somewhere always travel.

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Fast and loose

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To act in deceitful way

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Love lost

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There is ill will between two parties or groups.

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Cahoots

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Means collusion

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Cohorts

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Means supporters or companions

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Day and age

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Refers to present

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Day in age

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Is never correct

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Edge my bets

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Is not a phrase

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Hedge my bets

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Means to protect yourself against making the wrong choice.

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Might as well

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Is a phrase used to make a suggestion

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Stalk raving

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Is not correct because stalk means the stem of the plant.

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Stark raving

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Means obviously and wildly irrational

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To get down to brass tacks

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Means to talk about the most important facts

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Brass tacts

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Is never correct

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Could care less

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Is never correct because it implies caring

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Couldn't care less

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Express the highest level of indifference

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Make a beeline

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Means to go quickly and directly to

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Said and done

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Is used to indicate everything is finished and settled

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Set and done

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Is never correct

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Scot free

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Means not to receive the punishment deserved

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Balked down

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Is incorrect because balk means to refuse

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Bogged down

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Means to be prevented from making progress

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Band together

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Is an expression meaning to form a group for a specific purpose

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Beck and call

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Means to be at one's constant service

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Beckon call

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Is incorrect and redundant

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Beyond approach

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Is incorrect meaning further and coming near

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Beyond reproach

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Means something is perfect and can't be criticised

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Goal standard

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Is not a phrase

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Gold standard

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Means setting a new benchmark for being the best

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In the knick of time

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Is not a phrase

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In the nick of time

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Means just in time

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Knitpicking

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Is not a word

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Nitpicking

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Means to find fault in unimportant details

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Level the play infields

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Alludes to a baseball play and is not a phrase

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Level the playing field

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Means to make a situation fair for all

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Risk - adverse

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Is incorrect because adverse means harmful

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Risk-averse

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To dislike risk

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Save ace

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Suggests keeping a playing card

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Save face

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Avoiding humiliation or loss of reputation

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Hominems

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Is never correct

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Homonyms

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Is a word spelt or pronounced like another word with different meaning

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Bide your time

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To wait patiently

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Click

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Means to fit well with something or someone

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Clique

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Means a small group that excludes others

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Make do

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Means to manage without things in unfavourable situations

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Make due

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Means to schedule something

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Once and a while

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Is not a phrase

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Once in a while

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Means sometimes but not often

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Case and Point

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Would mean a case and a point. It is not a phrase

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Case in point

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A good example of something

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Chalk-full

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Is never correct

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Chock-full

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Describes something that is full to overflowing

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Coma

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A state of consciousness

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Comma

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A mark of punctuation

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Dawned

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To have suddenly understood something

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Donned

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To have worn a piece of cloth

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Down in the dumps

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Feeling sad

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Down into the dumps

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Is never correct

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Chalk it up

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Means to ascribe something to a particular cause.

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Chock it up

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Is misuse of the word chock -meaning a wedge or block

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Doe-eyed

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Describes someone with large, gentle eyes and a look of innocence.

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Tongue and cheek

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Is incorrect because it just lists two body parts

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Tongue in cheek

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Is an idiom used to express irony or exaggeration

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Wet your appetite

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Is incorrect because it implies an appetite is physically soaked

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Whet your appetite

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Means to increase your desire

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Last-ditch

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Final effort, usually to avoid disaster.

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Joined at hip

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Is a phrase meaning inseparable.

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Could care less

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Implies caring

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Couldn't care less

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Expresses the highest level of indifference

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Gainfully employed

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Means to have consistent work and income

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Belabored

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Means to attack verbally or explain excessively

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Beleaguered

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Means to be harrassed or under stress.

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All told

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All told means taking everything into account

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All tolled

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All tolled is not a phrase because toll means to ring a bell.

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By and large

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Means generally speaking

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Chalk it up

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Means to ascribe something to a particular cause.

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Chock it up

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Is incorrect because chock means a wedge or a block.

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Risk averse

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Means dislike risks

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Said and done

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Is used indicate everything is finished and settled.

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Tongue in cheek

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Is an idiom is used to express the irony or exaggeration

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Amoral

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Means lacking moral sense

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Immoral

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Means not conforming to accepted standards or morals

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A while

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Refers to the period of time

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Awhile

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Designates an action occurring during a short time

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Abjure

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means to renounce

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Adjure

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Means to urge or to command

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Canon

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Is a collection of art or literature generally considered as vital

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Cannon

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Is a large, loud weapon

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Beseeched

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Means to beg for something

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Besieged

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Means to surround a place in an attempt to capture it.

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To get down to brass tacks

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Means to talk about most important facts.

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Case in point

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Means a good example of something.

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In one fell swoop

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Means in a single action or effort.

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Appraise

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Means to assess the value of something

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Apprise

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Means to inform

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Arrant

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Means worst kind

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Errant

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Means wandering or straying outside the proper path.

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Chafe

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Means to make sore by rubbing against it.

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Chaff

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Means garbage or something worthless

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Run of the mill

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Means average or ordinary

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Contaminant

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A pollutive or poisonous substance

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Toe the line

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To do what is expected to do without causing trouble.

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Into

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Means movement into the inside of an enclosed space.

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In to

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Means a movement to something to accomplish a goal.

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Through the wringer

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Means to put someone through hardship

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Through the ringer

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Incorrect because ring means Bell noise

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Baling

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Refers to bundling

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Bailing

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Means remove water from the boat

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Abjure

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To renounce

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Adjure

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Means to urge or command

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Blithe

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Casually cheerful indifference

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Perceive

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Means to notice or understand

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Existent/Extant

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Existent means existing or being real

while extant means still present or not yet lost or get rid off.