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little theater

[little theater] {n.} A theater, usually with nonprofessional actors and actresses, which presents plays more for personal pleasure and practice than for profit. * /Little theater groups are active in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drive-in

[drive-in] {adj.}/{n.} A kind of movie theater, fast food restaurant, or church, where the customers, spectators, or worshippers do not leave their automobiles but are served the food inside their […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

first-run

[first-run] {adj. phr.} Shown for the first time; new. * /The local theater showed only first-run movies./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

miles away

[miles away] {adj. phr.} Inattentive; not concentrating. * /When Betty said, "We have theater tickets for tonight," Ken didn't react as his mind was miles away./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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