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fill the bases

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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load the bases

[load the bases] or [fill the bases] {v. phr.} To get men on all three bases in baseball. * /The Mets loaded the bases with two singles and a base […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

base

[base] See: [FIRST BASE], [GET TO FIRST BASE] or [REACH FIRST BASE], [LOAD THE BASES] or [FILL THE BASES], [OFF BASE], [SECOND BASE], [STOLEN BASE], [THIRD BASE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

fill up

[fill up] or [fill it up] or [fill her up] {v. phr.} To fill entirely. (Said by the driver of a car to a gas station attendant). * /When the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

have one's fill

[have one's fill] {v. phr.} To be satisfied; be surfeited; be overindulged. * /Howard says he's had his fill of expensive golf tournaments in Europe./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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