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To add false expenses to a bill; make a bill larger than it really was.
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1. To abdicate one's responsibility of a person or matter.
2. To buy; relieve someone of something.
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. take off one's hands
[take off one's hands] {v. phr.}
1. To abdicate one's responsibility of a person or matter.
"I am herewith taking my hand off your affairs," Lou's father said. "See how you succeed on your own."
2. To buy; relieve someone of something.
He offered to take my old car off my hands for $350.
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1. Any of the ports that a ship visits after the start of a voyage and before the end; a port where passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off; an in-between port.
2. A place you visit regularly or often; a stop included on your usual way of going.
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. port of call
[port of call] {n. phr.}
1. Any of the ports that a ship visits after the start of a voyage and before the end; a port where passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off; an in-between port.
Savannah is a port of call for many Atlantic coasting vessels.
2. A place you visit regularly or often; a stop included on your usual way of going.
It was an obscure little restaurant which I had made something of a port of call.
His home had become one of my regular ports of call in Boston.
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Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law-enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and Tactics.
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. SWAT team
[SWAT team] {n.}, {informal}
Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law-enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and Tactics.
Joe made the SWAT team of the NYPD due to his athletic skills.
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1. To find out the real motives of (someone).
2. To go berserk; to lose one's nerve.
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. psych out
[psych out] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
1. To find out the real motives of (someone).
Sue sure has got Joe psyched out.
2. To go berserk; to lose one's nerve.
Joe says he doesn't ride his motorcycle on the highway anymore because he's psyched out.
Jim psyched out and robbed a liquor store, when he has all he needs and wants!
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The head of any business or organization; the most influential or most prestigious person in an establishment.
See: [MAIN SQUEEZE].
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. top banana
[top banana] or [top dog] {n.}, {slang}, {informal}
The head of any business or organization; the most influential or most prestigious person in an establishment.
Who's the top banana in this outfit?
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A batted baseball that is usually hit hard and travels in the air not far above the ground.
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Released from prison because a security deposit known as "bail" has been put up by an individual or a bail bond broker.
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