take flight
to suddenly become popular or successful
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take for a ride
to deceive or cheat someone
take off
To remove.
take something in one's stride
To handle a difficult situation calmly and easily
take the ride
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
the thing is
Used to introduce a fact or explanation
the word is go
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
there we go
Used to express satisfaction or confirmation that something is happening as expected
there you go
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
think about
To ponder.
throw up
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
tick on
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, on.; to continue ticking.
to and fro
moving back and forth
to budge
To move, or quit one's station. Don't budge from hence; i.e. don't move from hence, stay here.
to cobble
To mend, or patch; likewise to do a thing in a bungling manner.
to draw
To take any thing from a pocket. To draw a swell of a clout. To pick a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief. To draw the long bow; to tell lies.
to flux
To cheat, cozen, or over-reach; also to salivate. To flux a wig; to put it up in curl, and bake it.
to have and to hold
to marry and cherish someone
to lag
To drop behind, to keep back. Lag last; the last of a company.
to rub
To run away. Don't rub us to the whit; don't send us to Newgate. CANT.--To rub up; to refresh: to rub up one's memory. A rub: an impediment. A rubber; the best two out of three. To win a rubber: to win two games out of three.
to shuffle
To make use of false pretences, or unfair shifts. A shuffling fellow; a slippery shifting fellow.
to stag
To find, discover, or observe.
to the house
Home.
to track
To go. Track up the dancers; go up stairs. CANT.
to troll
To loiter or saunter about.
to wiredraw
To lengthen out or extend any book, letter, or discourse.
toby lay
The highway. High toby man; a highway-man. Low toby man; a footpad.
toddle off
To leave or depart.
top ropes
To sway away on all top ropes; to live riotously or extravagantly.
touch and go
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
travelling piquet
A mode of amusing themselves, practised by two persons riding in a carriage, each reckoning towards his game the persons or animals that pass by on the side next them, according to the following estimation:
tread down
To trample
trip out
to experience something intensely enjoyable or surprising
trip the light fantastic
To dance.
trolley off
To go away.
trot out
To introduce or exhibit something familiar or old-fashioned
truck and trailer
a large vehicle combination
turn about
To revolve.
turn into
To become.
turn it up
To quit, change, abscond, or abandon; "Ned has TURNED IT UP," i.e., run away; "I intend TURNING IT UP," i.e., leaving my present abode or employment, or altering my course of life.
turn up
A street fight; a sudden leaving, or making off. An unexpected slice of luck. Among sporting men bookmakers are said to have a TURN UP when an unbacked horse wins.
turned up
Acquitted; discharged.
turnpike sailors
Beggars who go about dressed as sailors. A sarcastic reference to the scene of their chief voyages.
up and about
Recovering or active after an illness or injury
up and away
Starting successfully and making rapid progress
up and down
from one end to the other
vision out
To create in the mind's eye; to imagine; to see as in a vision.
walk on
to continue or proceed
walk on water
To perform an impressive or impossible task
walk the streets
to be without a home or job
ways and means
Methods or resources to achieve a goal
welch mile
Like a Welch mile, long and narrow. His story is like a Welch mile, long and tedious.
what goes around comes around
A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.
wheeling and dealing
Engaging in clever or dishonest business negotiations
wheels are turning
Someone is thinking or planning something
where there is a will, there is a way
Alternative form of where there is a will there is a way.
Windward Passage
The anus.
wool gathering
Your wits are gone a woolgathering; saying to an absent man, one in a reverie, or absorbed in thought.
you only live once
Alternative form of you only go around once.
your mileage may vary
Results or experiences may differ from person to person