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the gloves are off Boxing, Hockey: See take off the gloves, below. go the distance Boxing: Carry through a course of action to completion. A boxer goes the distance when he can fight through all the scheduled rounds. OED cites the boxing idiom to 1934, but does not date its figurative usage. [19] go for an early bath
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
What I Learned from Today’s Puzzle. KAREN (28A: Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer ___ O) Yeah Yeah Yeahs is an indie rock band whose member are KAREN O (vocals and piano), Nick Zenner (guitar and keyboard ...
Animation of an off break delivery Off break an off spin delivery which, for a right-arm bowler and a right-handed batter, will turn from the off side to the leg side (usually into the batter). [1] Off cutter A cutter which, for a right-handed batter, turns from the off side to the leg side. The pace bowling equivalent of an off break. [1] Off side
Sausage roll: rhyming slang for goal, often shortened to "sausage" (also called a snag, from the Australian slang term for a sausage). Saw tooth: a team tactic of continually changing the direction of the ball as it advances down the field. Scoreboard pressure: to place pressure on an opposition team by scoring and opening up a significant lead ...
President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law Sunday afternoon, marking what is expected to be one of the last major pieces of legislation of his presidency.
Dr. Shilpi Khetarpal, a board-certified dermatologist, unpacks rice water's potential hair benefits and its usage.