dew Idiom

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sideways

see you!

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misty-eyed|dewey|dewey-eyed|eye|eyed|misty

adj. phr. 1. Having eyes damp with tears; emotional. The teacher was misty-eyed when the school gave her a retirement gift. 2. Of the kind who cries easily; sentimental. The movie appealed to dewey-eyed girls.

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do the spadework

do the spadework
Make the preliminary preparations or do the preliminary research for something. For example, The department head did all the spadework for this agreement. This expression transfers the heavy spading required to prepare for planting to other kinds of preparation. [c. 1900]

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look sideways at

look sideways at
Glance at suspiciously or amorously, as in I'm sure the detective was looking sideways at me, and it made me very nervous, or They were looking sideways at each other, and I don't think it was innocent. [Mid-1800s] Also see look askance.