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a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a bawling out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, catch it When I forgot to do my chores Dad gave me a bawling out.

a blackout (TV)

refusal to broadcast an event during that event A blackout is intended to encourage fans to attend an event.

a blackout (war)

a policy that requires lights to be turned off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.

a blowout

to win by a large score, no contest """Did the Flames win?"" ""Ya, 11-2. It was a blowout."""

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a falling out

a disagreement, a break in friendship Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.

a handout

free food or money, freeload I'm not asking for a handout. I'll pay you back when I find work.

a wash-out

a failure, a lost cause No one attended the concert. It was a wash-out.

about time

nearly late, high time It's about time you got here. We've been waiting a long time.

pencil out

1. To use pencil to address or account something, abnormally in a awkward or basic fashion. (In anniversary usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pencil" and "out.") Let's aloof pencil out all the costs we apperceive about and use that as our starting budget. I like to pencil out what I'm cartoon afore activity over it in ink.2. To actualize a asperous assay or appraisal of the abeyant acknowledgment for an advance or expenditure. We'll charge to pencil out the costs and allowances of the advance afore we accede to anything. Considering how abundant debt the activity has accrued, it makes you admiration if anyone in the bounded government penciled it out at all.3. Of a banking investment, to be able of breeding the adapted allotment based on basic calculations or estimates. The government-published assay has been ever optimistic in its assumptions about bread-and-butter advance to accomplish its new allowances amalgamation arise to pencil out. Always booty your time to accomplish abiding a accord pencils out afore you assurance on the dotted line.4. To booty agenda that addition or article will not be accessible (for something). You can apparently pencil me out of the affair on Saturday. It looks like I'm activity to accept to work. Don't pencil out our rooftop patio aloof because it has started accepting algid outside. We've got it set up to be the absolute area no amount the time of year!Learn more: out, pencil

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