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  • 111suit — See: BIRTHDAY SUIT, FOLLOW SUIT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 112Suit combination - 10 missing — See main article Suit combinations. The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge indicates the best line of play in contract bridge for a single suit in isolation in which declarer and dummy lack the ten but possess the ace, king, queen and jack. The line …

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  • 113Suit combinations - K10 missing — See main article Suit combinations. The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge indicates the best line of play in contract bridge for a single suit in isolation in which declarer and dummy lack the king and ten but possess the ace, queen and jack. The… …

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  • 114suit — See: birthday suit, follow suit …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 115suit — n a bureaucratic functionary, appa ratchik, corporation man. The term appeared in the 1980s and is used con temptuously or dismissively by working people and, especially, the fashionable young. In 1989 and 1990 the elabora tion empty suit was… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 116suit up — PHRASAL VERB If someone suits up, they put on a special suit or uniform in order to take part in a special activity or be part of a team. [AM] [V P] Two members of Endeavour s crew will suit up for a space walk... [be V ed P] The FBI s renowned… …

    English dictionary

  • 117suit to a t — • to a t • fit to a t • suit to a t Digest 20/2002 perfectly; exactly Margie tried on the dress in the store and looked at herself in the mirror. The dress suited her to a T. That new suit fits you to a T …

    Idioms and examples

  • 118suit up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms suit up : present tense I/you/we/they suit up he/she/it suits up present participle suiting up past tense suited up past participle suited up American to get ready for an activity by putting on a… …

    English dictionary

  • 119suit yourself — 1) used for telling someone to do what is convenient for them You can adapt the recipe to suit yourself. 2) spoken used for telling someone rather rudely to do whatever they want, even though it is not what you want them to do You don t agree?… …

    English dictionary

  • 120suit money — Counsel fees allowed or awarded by court to party. An allowance, in the nature of temporary alimony, authorized by statute in some states to be made to a wife on the institution of her suit for divorce, intended to cover the reasonable expenses… …

    Black's law dictionary