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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a word, which a dictionary cannot answer. If the question is about the meaning of a word that can't be understood outside its phrase or sentence, the "meaning-in-context" tag should be also used; for the meaning of a phrase, use the "phrase-meaning" tag instead. Your question should normally include the dictionary definition of the word, and explain how the dictionary does not answer your question.
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What does "joint-most" exactly mean?
It looks like the same meaning of joint as in "joint owner"—the honor of being the "most decorated" is shared with another in their field. In other words, they are tied. …
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Do "l know something like the back of my hand" and "I know something like the palm of my han...
Both are in use, but I've always heard "like the back of (one's) hand". According to COCA, this form is many times more popular than the version with "palm" (maybe as much as 20 times). Therefore I wo …
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Meaning of a joke in the Big Bang Theory: "when your locus coeruleus sits around the house, ...
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The second time, he's playing on a different meaning of "sit around": to encircle. (I believe he also emphasizes the word "around" to indicate where the wordplay is.) …
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What is the meaning of 'in cuts'?
A cut means that something is reduced. In this case, it was the policy rate, as described earlier:
“We should wait for some more time” for the cumulative 250 basis points reduction in policy rate sin …
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What does "bleed a rock" mean?
This is playing off the meaning of the idiom "get blood out of/from a stone":
to make someone give or tell you something, when it is extremely difficult because of the character or mood of the person …
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The pattern with main-stressed "it is" at the end as in "I'd like a burger please. - Ok, a b...
This is an OSV (object, subject, verb) sentence created with object fronting:
That car we bought at least five years ago. The other one we only bought last year. (By fronting the objects (that car an …
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What is the "present future"?
The paragraph before provides important context:
The future is full. We just do not yet know what it is. The events that will fill it are as concrete, factual and specific as those that fill our past …
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meaning of 'Tonight, on a very special Blossom.'
We called them "very special" episodes, meaning they came with a message and often, a warning. …
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hold up and jump
This is tricky.
Within the context, "hold up" really only makes sense if it means "hold the 'up' control", which could be pressing a button that's labeled with an up arrow or tilting a joystick upward …
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What do you call a facility that accepts recyclables?
Seems like a recycling processing facility. According to the EPA page The U.S. Recycling System:
The materials are transported by the collector to a processing facility, such as a materials recovery …
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Meaning of "it always gets me!"
The meaning of get is:
Baffle (someone)
‘“What's a ‘flowery boundary tree’?” “You got me.”’
‘What is an annuity? No, you got me there.’ …
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Does "Are thousands of times a charm?" sound correct?
Looking at COCA, where I searched for * * BE the charm (and also without the definite article), there is some variation on the expression. However, I was not able to find examples with "times", as in …
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What does "ladies" mean here?
It’s an emasculating way to refer to a group of men, in this case said as a joke.
Off the top of my head, I can think of Wreck-it-Ralph as another example. The female commanding officer, Calhoun, uses …
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Does the phrase "over to" mean "on" here?
No, that’s not quite the right meaning.
It’s the same as “drive over to the store” which asks someone to head over to the store via a car. …
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What is the meaning of "entire incident in our rearview mirror"?
It means to put the entire incident behind you, or to move past it, or to get over it.
It’s figurative.
A car’s rear view mirror is the mirror that’s attached to the windshield that allows the driver …
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