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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Change up
Meaning : Put in ahigh gear
Changed colour
Meaning : Turned pale
Changed hands
Meaning : Became someone else's property
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Charley Horse
Meaning : Stiffness in the leg / A leg cramp
Chase rainbows
Meaning : Someone who is chasing rainbows is trying to get something they will never obtain
Check in (at)
Meaning : Register one's arrival
Chicken
Meaning : Cowardly
Chime in
Meaning : If you chime in, you interrupt or join a conversation, especially to repeat or agree with something
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Chow Down
Meaning : To eat
Clean slate
Meaning : A clean slate is a record of your work or actions that does not show past mistakes and allows you to make a fresh start
Clear out
Meaning : Leave and not return
Clear something up
Meaning : Solve by removing doubt
Clinch a deal
Meaning : In a business relationship, if you clinch a deal, you reach agreement on a proposal or offer.
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Close to home
Meaning : If a remark or comment is close to home, it is so true, or it affects you so directly, that you feel uncomfortable.
Coining money
Meaning : Making money very rapidly, earning large sums easily
Cold calls
Meaning : If you make cold calls, you telephone potential customers from a list of people you do not know.
Come a grief
Meaning : To suffer
Come across
Meaning : Be understood clearly
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Come along
Meaning : Hurry
Come back
Meaning : Return a rebuke in rude manner
Come in handy
Meaning : To say that something may come in handy means that it may be useful some time or other.
Come of it !
Meaning : Stop talking nonsense
Come on strong
Meaning : Overwhelm with excessively strong language or personality
Come to a head
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Meaning : If a problem or difficult situation comes to a head, it reaches a point where action has to be taken.
Come to blows
Meaning : If two or more people come to blows, they start to fight.
Come to grief
Meaning : If someone or something comes to grief, they have an accident, are destroyed or end in failure.
Cook something up
Meaning : Invent
Cool
Meaning : Neat, special, wonderful
Cool it!
Meaning : Calm down
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