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121four-flush — intransitive verb Etymology: four flush : to make a false claim : bluff no beating around the bush and pretending and four flushing American Mercury * * * /fawr flush , fohr /, v.i. 1. to bluff. 2. Poker. to bluff on the basis of a four flush.… …
122toe-dance — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: toe dance : to dance a toe dance • toe dancer noun * * * toe dancer. /toh dans , dahns /, v.i., toe danced, toe dancing. to perform a toe dance. [v. use of n. phrase TOE DANCE] …
123button up — verb refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent The children shut up when their father approached • Syn: ↑close up, ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑shut up, ↑belt up, ↑be quiet, ↑keep mum …
124clamp down — verb repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) The police clamped down on illegal drugs • Syn: ↑crack down • Derivationally related forms: ↑crackdown (for: ↑crack down), ↑clampdown …
125clear away — verb remove from sight • Syn: ↑clear off • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …
126climb down — verb come down (Freq. 3) the birds alighted • Syn: ↑alight • Hypernyms: ↑descend, ↑fall, ↑go down, ↑come down • …
127die down — verb 1. suffer from a disease that kills shoots The plants near the garage are dying back • Syn: ↑die back • Derivationally related forms: ↑dieback (for: ↑die back) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
128help out — verb be of help, as in a particular situation of need (Freq. 1) Can you help out tonight with the dinner guests? • Hypernyms: ↑help, ↑assist, ↑aid • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * …
