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[lose out] {v.} To fail to win; miss first place in a contest; lose to a rival. * /John lost out in the rivalry for Mary's […]

[make off] {v.} To go away; run away; leave. * /When the deer saw the hunter it made off at once./ * /A thief stopped John […]

(1899-1980) U.S. film-maker There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.

[break a leg] {v. phr.} Is said to actors for good luck before they go on stage, especially on an opening nights. One of the […]

[Percussive Maintenance] The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.