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dead center

exact middle He was able to hit the target dead center.

left, right and centre

in every direction, everywhere There were soldiers everywhere - left, right and centre.

off-center

different from the usual pattern, not quite like most others, odd The picture was off-center and didn

pick up a trail/scent

recognize the trail of a hunted person or animal The tracking dogs were able to pick up the trail of the criminal easily.

red cent

the smallest coin, a trivial sum of money I wouldn't give a red cent for my neighbor's car.

right, left and center

(See left, right and centre)

the turn of the century

the beginning of a new century: the year 2000 By the turn of the century we will know the aliens who visit earth.

turn of the century

(See the turn of the century)

two cents

something not important or very small, almost nothing Although his stereo works well I wouldn

two cents worth

something one wants to say, opinion He is always talking and I never have a chance to put in my two cents worth.

cut (one) off after a cent

To exclude or bereave one from someone's will or the affluence of one's family. My parents accept threatened to cut me off after a cent already I about-face 30, so I absolutely charge to acquisition a job. If you abide to action with your mother like this, she may aloof cut you off after a cent.Learn more: cent, cut, off, without

cut off after a cent

dated cliché Intentionally afar or abandoned from someone's will or the affluence of one's family. The adolescent duke, cut off after a cent, sailed to America to seek a new activity after the aid or access of his family. My ancestor never admired that I gave up anesthetic to become a writer, so I was cut off after a cent back he died.Learn more: cent, cut, off, without

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twist someone around one twist/wrap someone around one twist your words twit two abreast two bits two can play that game two cents two cents worth two-cents' worth two-faced two-fisted attack two for one two heads are better than one two left feet two pee holes in the snow two's company (three's a crowd) Cut it out! cut it/things fine cut loose cut loose from cut losses cut no ice cut no ice with (one) cut no ice with someone cut no ice, to cut nose off to spite face cut of (one's) jib cut of his/her jib, I don't like the cut of one's jib cut off cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face cut off at the pass cut off at the pass, to cut off from the (outside) world cut off nose to spite face cut off one's nose to spite one's face cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to cut off with a cent cut off with a penny cut off with a shilling cut off with(out) a shilling/cent cut off without a cent cut off without a penny cut off without a shilling cut off your nose to spite your face cut on cut one cut one another's throats cut one loose cut one's eyeteeth cut one's losses cut one's own throat cut one's teeth on cut one's teeth on, to cut one's wolf loose cut oneself on cut out cut out for cut out for (someone or something) cut out for, to be cut out of cut out of whole cloth cut out to be cut out to be (something) cut school cut short cut some Zs