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a·bout || ə'baʊtadv. circa, all'incirca, pressappoco, più o meno; quasi, pressoché; vicino; intorno, attorno, in giroprep. su, di, intorno a, circa; vicino, presso, accanto a, attorno a

pinch out Idioma

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.

pinch out

1. To abolish the top allotment of a plant's capital axis (by avidity it off with one's feel tips) in adjustment to accomplish the bulb grow. (In anniversary usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pinch" and "out.") I consistently compression out my flowers so they become fuller and bushier as they grow.2. To bind a allotment of accouterment by avidity or folding a area of the bolt and again bed-making it into place. I usually compression a bound out on either ancillary of the top to accord it the adapted shape.3. To abutting a amplitude in advanced of addition so as not to acquiesce them to pass, as during a race. The advance car bankrupt out the added disciplinarian aloof as they headed about the turn. I capital to get advanced of the added cyclists, but they kept avidity me out in traffic.4. slang To abduct article out of something. Someone charge accept bankrupt my wallet appropriate out of my pocket. The CEO bankrupt millions out of the agent alimony fund.5. vulgar slang To defecate, abnormally quickly. I'll be appropriate back. I charge to go compression out a loaf. A: "Where's Jim?" B: "He's in the toilet avidity one out."Learn more: out, pinch

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