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  • 11chips are down — See when the chips are down …

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  • 12when the chips are down — spoken used for saying what happens when a situation becomes difficult or reaches an important point When the chips are down, you won t get any help from her …

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  • 13when the chips are down — ► when the chips are down informal when a very serious situation arises. Main Entry: ↑chip …

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  • 14Down (Jay Sean song) — Down Single by Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne from the album All or Nothing …

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  • 15when\ the\ chips\ are\ down — adv cl. informal When the winner and loser of a bet or a game are decided; at the most important or dangerous time. Tom hit a home run in the last inning of the game when the chips were down. When the chips were down, the two countries decided… …

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  • 16down on your luck — phrase having a long period of difficulty finding work and earning money It turned out he was down on his luck, so I suggested he come and work for us. Thesaurus: bad luck and relating to bad lucksynonym luck and luckinesshyponym Main entry: luck …

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  • 17Down By The Station — is a popular song written by Lee Ricks and Slim Gaillard in 1948,[1] and most famously recorded by Tommy Dorsey. The song remains popular today as a children’s music standard. The opening lines of the song are: Down by the station, early in the… …

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  • 18down one's alley — • down one s alley • up one s alley suited to one s tastes and abilities Computers are down his alley so I am sure that he will be interested in taking the job. something one is good at or enjoys Computer programming is right up his alley and he… …

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  • 19kick someone when they are down — to attack or criticize someone when they are already in a weak position …

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  • 20down — I [[t]da͟ʊn[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦ (Down is often used with verbs of movement, such as fall and pull , and also in phrasal verbs such as bring down and calm down .) 1) PREP To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go… …

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