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adown[əʹdaʋn]
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be caught with (one's) pants down Идиома

a downer (drug)

a drug that relaxes you, a sedative Before bedtime he took a downer to help him relax and sleep.

a downer (sadness)

an event or statement that causes sadness News of the war was a downer. Most of the people dreadedwar.

a dressing down

a scolding, a lecture, a piece of my mind Mother gave me a dressing down when I said bad words.

back down

yield, not challenge, not stand up to Ole won't back down from you. He's ready to fight.

bear down

try harder, bite the bullet If you bear down a little, you can graduate this year.

bed down

lie down and sleep, find a place to sleep After grazing in the valley, the deer will bed down on the hill.

blow me down

I am very surprised, I do not believe it Well, blow me down, Olive. You can cook spinach, too!

bog down

slow to a stop The negotiations bogged down when the union said they would not negotiate about the part-time workers.

break down

fail, not operate, out of order If that copier breaks down again I'm going to give it away.

breakdown

sudden health failure, fall apart After his breakdown, he found an occupation with less stress.

be bent with (one's) pants down

To be taken by surprise; to be bent in a accessible (often embarrassing) position or situation. When the bang-up started battlefront questions at me, I was bent with my pants down and looked like a fool. I aloof hadn't advised all of those abeyant outcomes yet and didn't apperceive what to say. We actively underestimated our opponents on Saturday and were bent with our pants down.Learn more: caught, down, pant

caught with one's pants down, be

Be afraid in an awkward or accusable posture, as in We spent a lot of time advancing for the inspection; we didn't appetite to get bent with our pants down . This byword apparently alludes to someone's pants actuality bargain to appear to bath needs but is not advised decidedly vulgar. It is agnate to off guard and, if atrocity is discovered, catch red-handed. [Colloquial; aboriginal 1900s] Learn more: caught, pant

be bent with your pants down

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

be bent with your trousers down

BRITISH
1. If addition is bent with their pants down or is bent with their trousers down, they are apparent in an awkward bearings or in a bearings for which they are not prepared. The media was bent with its pants down afterwards the adventure was accepted to be false. He was abashed by the manager's exhibit on Friday — and admits he was bent with his pants down.
2. If addition is bent with their pants down or is bent with their trousers down, they are apparent accepting sex with addition they should not be accepting sex with. He may accept been bent with his trousers down in a brothel, but the absolute villains are those who threatened blackmail.Learn more: caught, down, pant

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