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19 Cards in this Set
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Cream (verb) |
Completely destroy |
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Cream of the crop |
The best of all |
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Cream off |
To remove or choose something from an aggregate |
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Laissez-faire |
Leaving things to take their own course |
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Touched ground |
Came to the point after vague talk |
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Broke new ground |
Introduce new thoughts |
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Back of beyond |
Very remote or inaccessible place |
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Go back on |
Fail to keep |
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Turned back on |
To ignore or turn away from |
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De jure |
According to rightful entitlement, by right |
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De facto |
Existing or holding a specified position in fact not necessarily by legal right |
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Coup de grace |
A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person |
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Tooth and nail |
With all energy and resources |
We fought tooth and nail but lost. |
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Omerta |
A code of silence about criminal activity and a refusal to give evidence to the police |
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Chips away |
To gradually make something weaker and less effective |
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Simile |
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind to make comparison more vivid |
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To foul up |
To spoil or mess up something |
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Fell full of |
Came in conflict with |
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Stick out |
To be prominent |
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