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  • 41tune out — {v. phr.} To not listen to something. * / How can you work in such a noisy environment? Jane asked Sue. Well, I simply tune it out, she answered./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42tune out — {v. phr.} To not listen to something. * / How can you work in such a noisy environment? Jane asked Sue. Well, I simply tune it out, she answered./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43To take out — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 44stretch-out — (strĕchʹout ) n. 1. a. The act of stretching out. b. The condition of being stretched out. c. An extension or prolongation, such as the time required for paying a debt. 2. An increase in the work required of industrial workers without a… …

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  • 45get out of — EVADE, dodge, shirk, avoid, escape, sidestep; informal duck (out of), wriggle out of, cop out of; Austral./NZ informal duck shove. → get * * * contrive to avoid or escape (a duty or responsibility) they wanted to get out of paying …

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  • 46wriggle out of — [phrasal verb] wriggle out of (something) informal + often disapproving : to avoid doing (something that you do not want to do) in some clever or dishonest way She tried to wriggle out of the contract. Don t let him wriggle out of paying you for… …

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  • 47skip out — {v.}, {informal} To leave in a hurry; especially after cheating or taking money dishonestly; sneak away; leave without permission. * /The man skipped out of the hotel without paying his bill./ * / How did you get out of the house after supper,… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48skip out — {v.}, {informal} To leave in a hurry; especially after cheating or taking money dishonestly; sneak away; leave without permission. * /The man skipped out of the hotel without paying his bill./ * / How did you get out of the house after supper,… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 49The Devil Rides Out — This article is about the novel. For the film see The Devil Rides Out (film). The Devil Rides Out is a 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley telling a disturbing story of black magic and the occult. The four main characters appear in a series of novels… …

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  • 50The World's Number One, Flat-Out, All-Time Great Stock Car Racing Book — infobox Book | name = The World s Number One, Flat Out, All Time Great Stock Car Racing Book title orig = translator = author = Jerry Bledsoe cover artist = country = language = English series = genre = Auto Racing publisher = Down Home Press… …

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