Idioms

thrust and parry
to compete actively with someone, to enter into verbal combat with someone (this idiom comes from the sport of fencing)
It was thrust and parry during the debate.

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  • thumb a lift
  • thumb a ride
  • thumb one's nose at (someone or something)
  • thumb through (something)
  • thumbnail sketch
  • thumbs down on (someone or something)
  • thumbs up on (someone or something)
  • tickle (someone's) fancy
  • tickled pink
  • tide (someone) over or tide over (someone)
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  • keep on one's toes
  • give (someone) an inch and they will take a mile
  • fly the coop
  • rub out (someone or something) or rub (someone or something) out
  • set one's heart on (something)
  • provided that (something is so)
  • pep talk
  • come back
  • in and out
  • make nothing of (something)


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    Formula : 1/12*inch
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    si unit : m
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