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B.Y.O.
( (Abbreviation) Bring Your Own. Said of a kind of party where the host or hostess does not provide the drinks or food but people ring their own.)
B.Y.O.B.
( (Abbreviation) Bring Your Own Bottle. Frequently written on invitations for the kind of party where people bring their own liquor.)
babe in the woods
( {n. phr.} A person who is inexperienced or innocent in certain things. * /He is a good driver, but as a mechanic he is just a babe in the woods./ Compare: OVER ONE'S HEAD, BEYOND ONE'S Далее…
baby
( ˈbeɪbɪ See: WAR BABY.)
baby boom
( {n.} A sudden increase in the birth rate. * /The universities were filled to capacity due to the baby boom that followed World War II./)
baby grand
( {n.} A small grand piano no longer than three feet, maximally four feet. * /This apartment can't take a regular grand piano, so we'll have to buy a baby grand./)
baby kisser
( {n.}, A person campaigning for votes in his quest for elected political office; such persons often kiss little children in public. * /Nixon was a baby kisser when he ran for Vice Далее…
back
( ̈ɪbæk See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, DROP BACK. EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD, FADE BACK, FALL BACK, FALL BACK ON, Далее…
back against the wall
( {adv. phr.} In a trap, with no way to escape; in bad trouble. * /The soldiers had their backs to the wall./ * /He was in debt and could not get any help; his back was against the wall./ * Далее…
back and forth
( {adv.} Backwards and forwards. * /The chair is rocking hack and forth./ * /The tiger is pacing hack and forth in his cage./ Compare: TO AND FRO.)
back away
( {v.} To act to avoid or lessen one's involvement in something; draw or turn back; retreat. * The townspeople backed away from the building plan when they found out how much it would cost.) Далее…
back door
( {n.}, , {citizen's band radio jargon} Rear of vehicle. * /I am watching your back door./)
back in circulation
( {adv. phr.} 1. Socially active once again (said about people); back on the dating circuit after a divorce or a romantic breakup. * /Now that Sully is divorced from Jim she is hack in Далее…
back number
( {n.} Something out of fashion, or out of date. * /Among today's young people a waltz like "The Blue Danube" is a hack number./)
back off
( {v.}, To give up a claim; not follow up a threat. * /Bill said he could beat Ted, but when Ted put up his fists Bill backed down./ * /Harry claimed Joe had taken his book, but backed Далее…
back out
( {v. phr.} 1. To move backwards out of a place or enclosure. * /Bob slowly backed his car out of the garage./ 2. To withdraw from an activity one has promised to carry out. * /Jim tried to Далее…
back seat
( See: TAKE A BACK SEAT.)
back street
( {n.} A street not near the main streets or from which it is hard to get to a main street. * /We got lost in the back streets going through the city and it took us a half hour to find our Далее…
back talk
( {n.} A sassy, impudent reply. * /Such back talk will get you nowhere, young man!/ See: TALK BACK.)
back the wrong horse
( {v. phr.} To support a loser. * /In voting for George Bush, voters in 1992 were backing the wrong horse./)
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