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  • 91come back to earth — or[come down to earth] {v. phr.} To return to the real world; stop imagining or dreaming; think and behave as usual. * /After Jane met the movie star it was hard for her to come back to earth./ * /Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother… …

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  • 92daydream — {v.} To spend time in reverie; be absentminded during the day. * /John spends so much time daydreaming that he never gets anything done./ …

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  • 93out to lunch — {adj.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Gone for the midday meal. 2. Inattentive; daydreaming; inefficient; stupid. * /Neil Bender is just out to lunch today./ …

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  • 94come back to earth — or[come down to earth] {v. phr.} To return to the real world; stop imagining or dreaming; think and behave as usual. * /After Jane met the movie star it was hard for her to come back to earth./ * /Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 95daydream — {v.} To spend time in reverie; be absentminded during the day. * /John spends so much time daydreaming that he never gets anything done./ …

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  • 96out to lunch — {adj.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Gone for the midday meal. 2. Inattentive; daydreaming; inefficient; stupid. * /Neil Bender is just out to lunch today./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 97Dreamier — dreamy dream y (dr[=e]m [y^]), a. [Compar. {Dreamier} (dr[=e]m [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Dreamiest}.] 1. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. The dreamy dells. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. soothing;… …

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  • 98Dreamiest — dreamy dream y (dr[=e]m [y^]), a. [Compar. {Dreamier} (dr[=e]m [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Dreamiest}.] 1. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. The dreamy dells. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. soothing;… …

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  • 99dreamy — dream y (dr[=e]m [y^]), a. [Compar. {Dreamier} (dr[=e]m [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Dreamiest}.] 1. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. The dreamy dells. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. soothing; restful;… …

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  • 100lose — verb (lost; losing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English losian to perish, lose, from los destruction; akin to Old English lēosan to lose; akin to Old Norse losa to loosen, Latin luere to atone for, Greek lyein to loosen, dissolve, destroy …

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