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  • 41don’t cut off your nose to spite your face — A warning against spiteful revenge which results in one’s own hurt or loss. The metaphorical phrase to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face is very frequently found. Cf. medieval L. male ulciscitur dedecus sibi illatum, qui amputat nasum suum,… …

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  • 42wear off — verb 1. deteriorate through use or stress (Freq. 1) The constant friction wore out the cloth • Syn: ↑wear, ↑wear out, ↑wear down, ↑wear thin • Derivationally related forms: ↑wear …

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  • 43Suzanne Is Getting Married — Infobox Album | Name = Suzanne Is Getting Married Type = EP Artist = Screeching Weasel Released = 1994 Recorded = 1994 Genre = punk rock, pop punk Label = Lookout! Records Producer = Mass Giorgini Reviews = Last album = Screeching Weasel/Born… …

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  • 44Takin' it All Off — is a 1987 straight to video release from Ed Hansen and Robert T.Gervasoni s Hansen / Gervasoni productions company, and provided a quick sequel to Hansen and Gervasoni s popular 1985 feature Takin It Off . The cast includes Kitten Natividad, cult …

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  • 45The World Is Full of Married Men — infobox Book name = The World is Full of Married Men title orig = translator = image caption = author = Jackie Collins illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = W. H. Allen pub date …

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  • 46run off — verb 1. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along (Freq. 2) The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑ …

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  • 47Daisy Pulls It Off — Written by Denise Deegan Date premiered December 1983 Place pr …

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  • 48Mabel's Married Life — Infobox Film name = Mabel s Married Life imagesize= caption = director = Charlie Chaplin producer = Mack Sennett writer = Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand starring = Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand Mack Swain Al St. John music = cinematography = Frank …

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  • 49marry off — PHRASAL VERB If you marry someone off, you find a suitable person for them to marry. [V n P to n] They advised her mother to marry her off to the old man as he was very rich... [V P n (not pron) to n] He had the good fortune to marry off his… …

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  • 50cast off — {v.} 1a. or[cast loose] To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat). * /The captain of the boat cast off the line and we were soon out in open water./ 1b. To untie a rope holding a boat or something suggesting a boat. * /We cast off… …

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