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all systems go
[all systems go] {Originally from space English, now general colloquial usage.} […]

bad trip
[bad trip] {n.}, {slang}, {also used colloquially} A disturbing or frightening […]

chicken-livered
[chicken-livered] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} Easily scared; cowardly. * /Joe sure is […]

cop a plea
[cop a plea] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To plead guilty during […]

cotton picking
[cotton picking], [cotton-pickin'] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} Worthless, crude, common, messy. * […]

couch doctor
[couch doctor] {n.}, {slang}, {colloquial} A psychoanalyst who puts his patients […]

cut offs
[cut offs] {n.}, {colloquial} Pants cut to the length of shorts […]

get off one's back
[get off one's back] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To stop criticizing […]

get one's brains fried
[get one's brains fried] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {also used colloquially} 1. […]

give the ax
[give the ax] {v. phr.}, {colloquial} 1. Abruptly to finish a […]

gung-ho
[gung-ho] {adj.}, {colloquial} Enthusiastic, full of eagerness in an uncritical or […]

hatchet man
[hatchet man] {n.}, {colloquial} 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose […]

have something on the ball
[have something on the ball] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To be […]

inner city
[inner city] {n.}, {colloquial} Densely populated neighborhoods in large metropolitan areas […]

it's been ---, it's been real
[it's been ---, it's been real] {informal} Shortened form for "it […]

main drag
[main drag] {n.}, {colloquial} 1. The most important street or thoroughfare […]

move in on
[move in on] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To take over something […]

private eye
[private eye] {n.}, {colloquial} A private investigator; a detective. * /Buddy […]

security blanket
[security blanket] {n.}, {slang}, {colloquial} An idea, person, or object that […]

send up
[send up] {v. phr.}, {colloquial} To sentence (someone) to prison. * […]

shoot one's wad
[shoot one's wad] {v. phr.} {slang}, {colloquial} 1. To spend all […]

strung out
[strung out] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} 1. Nervous, jittery, jumpy; generally ill […]

voiceprint
[voiceprint] {n.}, {technological}, {colloquial} The graphic pattern derived from converting an […]