at the wheel
in control or charge of something
Travel & directions · Đi lại 1,614
Getting around: roads, vehicles, traffic, and journeys.
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back and forth
moving repeatedly from one place to another
backwards and forwards
Knowing something very well
ball of chalk
A walk.
be along
To arrive.
be around
to exist or be present for a long time
be in and out
to frequently visit or stay somewhere for short periods
big as a house
Very large.
birds of a feather flock together
People of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with.
boat race
The face.
bring down
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down.
bring up
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
bucket afloat
A coat. This is also called I’m AFLOAT, and is generally contracted to "cool his Imer," or "nark his bucket." There is no necessity to particularize all contractions. With the key already given they will be evident.
bum boat
A boat attending ships to retail greens, drams, &c. commonly rowed by a woman; a kind of floating chandler's shop,
bunk off
To leave.
car and driver
a vehicle and its operator
carry witchet
A sort of conundrum, puzzlewit, or riddle.
catching harvest
A dangerous time for a robbery, when many persons are on the road, on account of a horse-race, fair, or some other public meeting.
change up
To throw a pitch at a much slower than expected speed.
city banker
A wanker.
come and go
Arrive and depart, often in a continuous flow of people or things
come in
To enter.
coming and going
Completely confused or disoriented
curbing law
The act of hooking goods out of windows: the curber is the thief, the curb the hook. CANT.
dot and go one
To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea phrase is, go upon an uneven keel. Also a jeering appellation for an inferior writing-master, or teacher of arithmetic.
down and out
Beaten.
down the road
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
draw off
to distract or divert attention away
drive out
force someone to leave a place
drop into
Synonym of lay into (“beat up or attack”).
duke of york
Walk, or talk, according to context.
enough to go around
Sufficient for everyone to have some
fall back
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
far and wide
Extensively or universally
fetch and carry
To serve someone obediently and diligently
fetch up
To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly.
find one's place
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
fire up
To ignite.
first flight
The first lot to finish in a foot or horse race, in a fox hunt, &c.
flow out
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to come out in a flowing motion.
fly upon
To seize.
fold out
To depart.
forward and backward
Knowing something very well
French leave
to leave a place without permission or notice
from a mile away
easily noticeable or recognizable
gadding the hoof
Going without shoes. GADDING, roaming about, although used in an old translation of the Bible, is now only heard amongst the lower orders.
gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
gentleman's master
A highway robber, because he makes a gentleman obey his commands, i.e. stand and deliver.
get lost
go away and leave someone alone
get moving
start doing something or taking action
get on up
Get up.
get one up on
To outdo.
get one's way
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
get there
to arrive or succeed
get up
A person’s appearance or general arrangements. Probably derived from the decorations of a play.
go down the road
to proceed with a plan or course of action
go in
To enter for, to apply oneself in pursuit of. Men at the Universities are said to GO IN for honours, aquatics, or whatever their chief desire or employment may be. The expression is now general.
go it
A term of encouragement, implying, "keep it up!" Sometimes amplified to "GO IT, ye cripples;" said to have been a facetious rendering of the last line of Virgil’s Eclogues—
go places
To achieve success or make progress
go with the flow of traffic
to move or proceed in the same direction as others