Meaning: action officer

n.
the case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area)

take (one's) head off Idiom, Proverb

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

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a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

take (one's) arch off

1. Literally, to decapitate one; to bisect one's arch from one's body. The autocrat began demography people's active off for so abundant as whispering dissent. Never, anytime angle up during a rollercoaster ride, or it could end up demography your arch off!2. To criticize or acknowledge to one in an acutely affronted and advancing manner. What's amiss with the bang-up today? I aloof approved to ask him a question, and he about took my arch off! Look, I apperceive you're upset, but don't go demography the kids' active off about it.Learn more: head, off, take

take someone's arch off

Fig. to abuse or berate addition severely. There is no charge to booty his arch off about such a simple matter.Learn more: head, off, take

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be a piece of cake be all ears be-all, end-all be broke be fed up with (with someone or something) be in and out be my guest be my undoing be off be on the go be on the road be over be there be there for me be there or be square be to blame be up and running take (one) out of (oneself) take (one) out to dinner take (one) round take (one) through (something or some place) take (one) to one side take (one) to task take (one) to the cleaners take (one) to the woodshed take (one) up on (something) take (one) wrong take (one's or someone's) life in(to) (one's) (own) hands take (one's) ball and go home take (one's) belt in (a notch (or two)) take (one's) blood pressure take (one's) break take (one's) breath away take (one's) chances take (one's) cherry take (one's) courage in both hands take (one's) death (of cold) take (one's) eye off the ball take (one's) eyes off (of) (someone or something) take (one's) fancy take (one's) hands off (something or someone) take (one's) hat off to (someone or something) take (one's) head off take (one's) life take (one's) lumps take (one's) measure take (one's) medicine take (one's) mind off (something) take (one's) name in vain take (one's) own life take (one's) part take (one's) pick take (one's) pick of (someone or something) take (one's) picture take (one's) point take (one's) seat take (one's) side take (one's) temperature take (one's) time take (one's) turn take (one's) word take (one's) word for (something) take (one's) word for it take (one's) word on (something) take (one's) word on it take (out) on the street(s) take (some amount of money) for (something) take (some) heat