in pencil Idiom
sharpen your pencils
be ready, be prepared Let's sharpen our pencils, gang. We have to set some goals.
Sharpen your pencil
(USA) If someone says this when negotiating, they want the other person to make a better offer, a lower price.
blue-pencil|blue|pencil
v. To edit.
The editor blue-penciled John's manuscript.
pencil
pencil see
put lead in one's pencil.
put lead in one's pencil
put lead in one's pencil Enhance or restore sexual vigor, as in
Try one of these hot peppers; that'll put lead in your pencil. This phrase, a euphemism for causing an erection, is considered far more vulgar than the contemporary synonym
put hair on one's chest, alluding to a secondary male sex characteristic. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
in pencil
Using a pencil, as against to a pen or added such autograph implement. The abecedary says that we accept to do our algebraic appointment in pencil. I do all of my sketches in pencil first.Learn more: pencilin pencil
written or active with a pencil. Why did you address your address in pencil? You can't assurance a analysis in pencil!Learn more: pencil