neat as ninepence
Neat, tidy, in order.
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Getting around: roads, vehicles, traffic, and journeys.
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necessity knows no law
A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it, and violate the law if needed.
need to
Synonym of have to (“must”).
needs must
Alternative form of must needs.
nick off
To leave, especially in a hurry.
nope out
To leave a place or abandon a situation or activity, usually quickly, because of feelings of fear or disgust.
nose out
To find using one's sense of smell.
note down
To write down, especially hurriedly; to make a note of.
nudge ahead
To increase slightly; to experience a token increase.
off like a bride's nightie
Making a rapid departure; away.
off like a dirty shirt
Going away; taking one's departure.
off like a prom dress
Making a start, or departing, very rapidly.
off one's trolley or off one's rocker
Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile.
off the heezy
Wild, exciting, out of control.
on a mission
Looking for drugs; on a drug run.
on butt
Acting in a strange or deranged manner; tripping out, wilding.
on one's Jack Jones
On one's own; alone.
on the fly
Carried out during the running of a program without interrupting.
on the hog train
Leading a life or an existence as a tramp or a vagrant, or traveling as such.
on the hurry up
At top speed; as fast as possible.
on the pdq
In a speedy or fast manner.
on the road
Not in prison.
on the rob
Engaged in theft.
on wheels
To a large degree, excessively.
one can run but one can't hide
There is nothing someone can do to evade something.
one nail drives out another
New people, things, or customs eventually supplant older ones.
one's ass is dragging
One is tired or fatigued.
ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization. Not taken literally since the late 19th century.
open it up
To speed up; to gun it.
open out
To expand, to widen, to unwrap, unfold or uncover, to spread out from a compact state.
out of sight, out of mind
People or things that are absent are soon forgotten.
outta town
Alternative form of out of town (“of a person, away from home; out of one's town of residence”)
owl hoot trail
A path taken by outlaws or fugitives.
owl train
A railway train that travels during the night.
pace off
To count steps.
pace out
To make a measurement by counting the number of equally spaced steps.
pack away
To store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term.
pack off
To send away, with belongings, for a long time.
pack out
To fill with spectators, passengers etc.
pack up
To give in; to give up; to leave in defeat.
page in
To transfer (memory contents) from auxiliary storage.
page up
To scroll up to the previous page of content.
paint up
To paint a surface, place or picture.
pair up
To put into pairs; to put into a group of two.
pan out
To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.
park in
To park a vehicle in such a way as to prevent (a different vehicle) from leaving.
park up
To park one's motor vehicle.
part and parcel
The attribute of being an integral or essential component of another object.
part off
To divide into a separate section or sections; to partition.
part out
To disassemble (a system such as a computer or a car) in order to reuse the component parts.
part with
To let go of; to give up; to relinquish.
pass along
To deliver a message or item to its intended recipient.
pass around
To distribute something through a group by giving several items to one or more people to then give to others in a row, line or circle; to spread something to be used by each person in group in turn; to gather contributions for a cause.
pass around like a blunt
To pass around widely or indiscriminately.
pass as
To be able to convince others that one is something contrary to fact; to look sufficiently like something or someone that one can purport to be it.
pass down
To hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.
pass for
To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
pass out
To faint; to become unconscious.
pass over
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.
pattern up
To sort oneself out; To fix up.