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[got a thing going]  {v. phr.},  {slang},  {informal}

To be engaged in a pleasurable or profitable activity with someone else as a partner either in romance or in mutually profitable business.

"You two seem to have got a thing going, haven't you?"

*  […]

[gourd]

See: [SAW WOOD] or [SAW GOURDS].

[gown]

See: [TOWN AND GOWN].

[grab bag]  {n.}

1. A bag from which surprise packages are chosen; a bag in which there are many unknown things.

The woman paid a quarter for a chance at the grab bag.

* /The children brought packages to be sold from the grab bag at the school  […]

[grab off]  {v.},  {informal}

To take quickly; take or grab before anybody else can; choose for yourself.

The people who got to the show first grabbed off the best seats.

The women hurried to the store to grab off the things on sale.

* /The  […]

[grabs]

See: [UP FOR GRABS].

[grace]

See:

[FALL FROM GRACE],

[IN ONE'S BAD GRACES],

[IN ONE'S GOOD GRACES],

[WITH BAD GRACE],

[WITH GOOD GRACE].

[grace period] or [period of grace]  {n.}

The time or extra time allowed in which to do something.

Most insurance companies have a grace period of one month for payments.

[grade]

See: [MAKE THE GRADE].

[grain]

See:

[AGAINST THE GRAIN], [TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT].