Significato: about

a·bout || ə'baʊtadv. circa, all'incirca, pressappoco, più o meno; quasi, pressoché; vicino; intorno, attorno, in giroprep. su, di, intorno a, circa; vicino, presso, accanto a, attorno a

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a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a bawling out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, catch it When I forgot to do my chores Dad gave me a bawling out.

a blackout (TV)

refusal to broadcast an event during that event A blackout is intended to encourage fans to attend an event.

a blackout (war)

a policy that requires lights to be turned off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.

a blowout

to win by a large score, no contest """Did the Flames win?"" ""Ya, 11-2. It was a blowout."""

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a falling out

a disagreement, a break in friendship Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.

a handout

free food or money, freeload I'm not asking for a handout. I'll pay you back when I find work.

a wash-out

a failure, a lost cause No one attended the concert. It was a wash-out.

about time

nearly late, high time It's about time you got here. We've been waiting a long time.

vacuum out

1. To apple-pie clay or bits out (of article or some place) with a exhaustion cleaner. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "vacuum" and "out." With two toddlers, it feels like I'm vacuuming crumbs out of my car about every week. I approved to exhaustion out best of the dirt, but some of it has gotten caked assimilate the central of the tub.2. To rid article or some abode of clay or bits by charwoman it with a exhaustion cleaner. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "vacuum" and "out." Make abiding you exhaustion out your car afore you go aces up your mom from the airport. Please exhaustion the allowance out afterwards you accept removed all your belongings.3. By extension, to abolish article (from some abode or someone's possession) absolutely and actual quickly. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "vacuum" and "out." These accommodation sharks alpha vacuuming money out of your annual if you don't accord what you borrow as anon as possible. Big cities like this one would become abundantly awesome if you were to exhaustion out all the bodies out of them.Learn more: out, vacuum

vacuum something out

to apple-pie an amid breadth out with a exhaustion cleaner. Please exhaustion this car out now! Can you exhaustion out the car?Learn more: out, vacuum

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