Meaning: 12-tone system 
n.
a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)
system Idiom, Proverb
all systems go
get sth out of one's system
Idiom(s): get sth out of one's systemTheme: ESCAPE
to be rid of the desire to do something; to do something that you have been wanting to do so that you aren't bothered by wanting to do it anymore.
• I bought a new car. I’ve been wanting to for a long time. I'm glad I finally got that out of my system.
• I can't get it out of my system! I want to go back to school and earn a degree.
all systems are go
Idiom(s): all systems (are) goTheme: PREPARATION - READY
everything is ready. (Informal. Originally said when preparing to launch a rocket.)
• The rocket is ready to blast off—all systems are go.
• TOM: Are you guys ready to start playing? BILL: Sure, Tom, all systems go.
Work the system
If people work the system, they exploit the state or simialr setup to their advantage.all systems go|all|systems
Originally from space English, now general colloquial usage. Everything is complete and ready for action; it is now all right to proceed. After they wrote out the invitations, it was all systems go for the wedding.get something out of one's system|get|get out|syst
v. phr. 1. To eliminate some food item or drug from one's body. John will feel much better once he gets the addictive sleeping pills out of his system. 2. To free oneself of yearning for something in order to liberate oneself from an unwanted preoccupation. Ted bought a new cabin cruiser that he'd been wanting for a long time, and he says he is glad that he's finally got it out of his system.public-address system|address|public|public-addres
n. A set of devices for making a speaker's voice louder so that he can be heard by more people. The public-address system broke down during the senator's speech. The news was announced over the public-address system.get out of one's system
get out of one's systemsee out of one's system.
out of one's system
out of one's systemOut of one's thoughts or inclinations. It is often put as get something out of one's system, as in You need to get your ex-husband out of your system, or At the annual all-chocolate buffet I try everything, which gets it out of my system for at least a month, or Let him complain as much as he wants so he'll get it out of his system. This idiom uses system in the sense of “all one's physical and mental functions.” [c. 1900]
system
systemsee all systems go; out of one's system.
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