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to comment for the sole purpose of bringing a thread to the top of the page. Used in forums.

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bump into

[bump into] {v.}, {informal} To meet without expecting to; happen to meet; come upon by accident. * /Mary was walking down the street, when she suddenly bumped into Joan./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bump off

[bump off] {v.}, {slang} To kill in a violent way; murder in gangster fashion. * /Hoodlums in a speeding car bumped him off with Tommy guns./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

bump

[bump] See: [GOOSE BUMPS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

run into

[run into] {v.} 1. To mix with; join with. * /If the paint brush is too wet, the red paint will run into the white on the house./ * /This […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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George Bernard Shaw

(1856-1950) If the British can survive their meals, they can survive anything.

attention whore

[attention whore] {n. phr.} {informal} Label given to any person who craves attention to such an extent that they will do […]

Seagull Manager

[Seagull Manager] A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps over everything and then leaves.

give one pause

[give one pause] {v. phr.} To astonish someone; cause one to stop and think. * /"Your remark gives me pause," Tom said, when […]

on the wrong track

[on the wrong track] {adv. phr.} Lost; pursuing the wrong lead. * /Professor MacAlister confessed that his chemical […]

buckle down

[buckle down] or [knuckle down] {v.} To give complete attention (to an effort or job); attend. * /They chatted idly for a […]

hitch one's wagon to a star

[hitch one's wagon to a star] {v. phr.} To aim high; follow a great ambition or purpose. * /In trying to be a famous […]

Thomas Fuller, 1732

Good swimmers are oftenest drowned.