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41fine-tooth comb — /fuyn toohth / 1. a comb having narrow, closely set teeth. 2. go over or through with a fine tooth comb, to examine in close detail; search thoroughly; fine comb: The police went over the apartment with a fine tooth comb. Also, fine toothed comb… …
42fine-tune — transitive verb Date: 1967 1. a. to adjust precisely so as to bring to the highest level of performance or effectiveness < fine tune a TV set > < fine tune the format > b. to improve through minor alteration or revision < fine tune the… …
43Fine — A sum of money paid at the end of something, e.g. a set period of time, like the end of a lease, or on the death of the holder of land. Then the best beast might be paid to the lord with something to the incumbent priest, over and above regular… …
44fine-tooth — adjective having fine teeth set close together a fine toothed comb • Syn: ↑fine toothed • Similar to: ↑toothed …
45Fine Feathered Friend — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Fine Feathered Friend series = Tom and Jerry caption = director = William Hanna Joseph Barbera story artist = William Hanna Joseph Barbera animator = Kenneth Muse Pete Burness George Gordon Jack Zander… …
46fine drawn — Synonyms and related words: airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine grained, finespun, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, gauzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile,… …
47fine-tune — verb 1. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring calibrate an instrument graduate a cylinder • Syn: ↑calibrate, ↑graduate • Derivationally related forms: ↑graduation (for: ↑ …
48fine-tooth comb — noun Date: 1836 1. a comb with close set teeth used especially for clearing parasites or foreign matter from the hair 2. an attitude or system of thorough searching or scrutinizing < went over the report with a fine tooth comb > …
49set you back — pay, pay for, cost you That looks like a fine camera. How much did it set you back? …
50fine kettle of fish — a bad state of affairs; a very difficult and annoying situation; something to be considered or reckoned with. Derived from kiddle or keddle, q.v., a basket set in the sluice of a dam or weir to catch fish. Kiddles were used by royal officials but …
