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How did "pissed" come to mean "drunk" or "angry"?

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What is "authorized signature competence"? (business language)

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Meaning of "to achieve the setup of a disaster recovery plan" (business language)

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What does "a flight to quality" mean?

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Etymology of "loose woman"

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Are there connotations of subtotals in the phrase "add up the total"?

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What is the meaning of put us on deals?

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Use of recurring words - 'somebody who' [closed]

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What line do they refer to in the idiomatic expression "on the line"?

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What is the word for wanting something bad to happen to yourself?

What does the phrase "have no idea" mean?

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What is the meaning of “Fly pleasures, and they’ll follow you”?

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Does “little did he know” mean he "knew nothing at all"?

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If I say that someone was mean to me, does that imply that they were conscious of it?

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meaning of "leave me alone"

What does a / mean in a sentence [closed]

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What does "Tree someone's or their game" means?

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What is the origin of the phrase "burden of shame"?

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What exactly does "up to 3 months before" mean?

Why do some double negatives oppose with the natural or instinctive meaning which apparently occurs from the context of sentence they're applied in? [closed]

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