refusal to broadcast an event during that event A blackout is intended to encourage fans to attend an event.
a blackout (war)
a policy that requires lights to be turned off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.
a clutch hitter (baseball)
a batter who hits when runners are on base Joe's a clutch hitter. He's batting .431 with runners on base.
a downer (drug)
a drug that relaxes you, a sedative Before bedtime he took a downer to help him relax and sleep.
a downer (sadness)
an event or statement that causes sadness News of the war was a downer. Most of the people dreadedwar.
a full house (cards)
a pair plus three of a kind, e.g., 2 kings and 3 aces In our last game of poker, you dealt me a full house.
a suicide pass (hockey)
a pass behind the player causing him to look back Older players always stop when receiving a suicide pass.
a three-bagger (baseball)
a hit that allows the batter to run to third base Molitor hit a three-bagger in the sixth game of the World Series.
an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)
equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.
backpack (business)
support, be the parent company First, GM backpacked Saab. Then they bought the company.
be fed up with (with someone or something)
be out of patience (with someone
be used to (+Ving/noun)
" be accustomed to; not uncomfortable with."
beat someone to the punch (draw)
do something before others He beat me to the punch and arrived at the interview first.
biter (curling)
a rock that is touching the twelve-foot circle The Heidt rink is lying four - one is a biter.
black sheep (of the family)
a person who is a disgrace to a family or group The man is the black sheep in his family and is the only member who has not made a success of his life.
blow it (something)
fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.
blow it up (photo)
enlarge it, magnify it If you want to see details in the photo, blow it up.
blow snakes (music)
play great jazz, improvise creatively I went to hear jazz at the club, and Guido was blowing snakes.
boarding (hockey)
checking into the boards, chairman of the boards Boarding causes serious injuries to hockey players.
break up (with someone)
stop a relationship She broke up with her boyfriend last June.
buck(s)
dollar(s).
bug (someone)
bother, irritate, get to me That scraping noise bugs me. It's quite annoying.
bump and grind (hockey)
bump other players and work to get the puck To win hockey games we need players who bump and grind.
bury (hide) one
refuse to see or face something, keep from seeing or knowing something unpleasant He always buries his head in the sand and never wants to deal with his family problems at all.
cascade (business)
allow information to flow down to the employees Archie thinks we should control this information, not cascade it.
catch a cold (catch cold)
be sick with a cold, come down with a cold I caught a cold while we were in Vancouver.
catch (someone) red-handed
catch someone in the middle of doing something wrong The woman was caught red-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.
chairman of the boards (hockey)
a player who controls play along the boards In the 1970s Doug was chairman of the boards for the Hawks.
cherrypicker (hockey)
a player who waits at center ice for a pass Our coach told us about the cherrypicker on the other team.
chicken (adjective or noun)
cowardly.
clotheslined (hockey)
lifted by a bodycheck, hanging in the air Orr was clotheslined just as he crossed the line. What a check!
clutch hitter (baseball)
(See a clutch hitter)
cool (also kewl)
neat, special, wonderful.
cost (someone) an arm and a leg
" cost a lot; be very expensive."
cut (someone) off
stop someone from saying something We tried to outline our proposal but we were constantly cut off by our noisy opponents.
disk jockey (DJ)
radio announcer who plays recorded music Clare became a disk jockey with a radio station in Moose Jaw.
do (a speed)
travel at a speed, drive at a speed of We were only doing 50 km per hour. That's the truth.
down on (someone)
be critical of someone, angry at She is really down on her friend but I don
downer (drug)
(See a downer)
downer (sadness)
(See a downer)
draw (someone) out
make a person talk or tell something She was very quiet but we finally were able to draw her out so that she would join the party.
dressed to the nines (teeth)
dressed elegantly They were dressed to the nines when they went to the opening of the new theater production.
drop out (of school)
quit school or a course of some kind She dropped out of the class after three months.
drop (someone) a line
write or mail a note or letter to someone She promised that she would drop me a line when she gets to Singapore.
drop your gloves (hockey)
remove your gloves to fight with your fists Don't drop your gloves in this game. There's no fighting.
egg (someone) on
urge or push someone to do something He is always egging his friend on when he is angry which makes him even angrier.
fall apart (at the seams)
be unable to cope or manage, come unglued After his wife died, he fell apart. He lost interest in everything.
feather a pass (hockey)
pass a puck accurately but softly Nilsson could feather a pass better than the other players.
feel up to (do something)
feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don
fill (someone) in
tell someone the details I will fill you in later about our plans for the weekend.
wear off
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wear off ((of)something)
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