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101factory-farmed — mainly British, American factory farming a system for producing eggs, meat, and milk quickly and cheaply by keeping animals in small closed areas and giving them food which makes them grow quickly. Factory farmed chickens contain a lot of fat… …
102fly the coop — mainly American to leave somewhere, especially to leave your home for the first time in order to live away from the family. The last of our kids has finally flown the coop so we have the whole house to ourselves …
103Garbage in, garbage out. — mainly American something you say which means that something produced from materials of low quality will also be of low quality. The meals are pretty poor but then they never use fresh ingredients garbage in, garbage out …
104Give me five! — mainly American, informal something that you say when you want someone to hit your open hand with theirs, in order to greet them or to show how pleased you are. Hi there little buddy, give me five! …
105Go fly a kite! — mainly American, informal something that you say in order to tell someone who is annoying you to go away. Go fly a kite! It s just not funny any more …
106go to the stake — mainly British if you say you would go to the stake for a belief or principle, you mean you would risk anything in order to defend it. She believed passionately that the government were wrong on this issue and was prepared to go to the stake for… …
107have legs — mainly American if a story in the news has legs, it will continue for a long time. This latest scandal has legs you ll probably still be reading about it in a year s time …
108have the inside track — mainly American to have a special position within an organization or a special relationship with a person that gives you advantages that other people do not have. He thinks I have the inside track with the director so he keeps hassling me for… …
109hit the ground running — mainly American to immediately work very hard and successfully at a new activity. If elected, they promise to hit the ground running in their first few weeks of office …
110hum and haw — mainly British, American & Australian to take a long time to say something and speak in a way that is not clear, in order to avoid giving an answer. He hemmed and hawed and finally admitted taking the money …
