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  • 71(sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind — suffer serious consequences as a result of one s actions. [with biblical allusion to Hos. 8:7.] → whirlwind …

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  • 72sow your wild oats — sow (your) wild oats if a young man sows his wild oats, he has a period of his life when he does a lot of exciting things and has a lot of sexual relationships. He d spent his twenties sowing his wild oats but felt that it was time to settle down …

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  • 73sow wild oats — sow (your) wild oats if a young man sows his wild oats, he has a period of his life when he does a lot of exciting things and has a lot of sexual relationships. He d spent his twenties sowing his wild oats but felt that it was time to settle down …

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  • 74sow the seeds of something — sow the seeds (of (something)) to do something that will cause a particular result in the future. Religious conflict sowed the seeds of the government s downfall. Officials say they are planting the seeds for freedom and democracy …

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  • 75sow the seeds of — sow the seeds (of (something)) to do something that will cause a particular result in the future. Religious conflict sowed the seeds of the government s downfall. Officials say they are planting the seeds for freedom and democracy …

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  • 76sow the seeds — (of (something)) to do something that will cause a particular result in the future. Religious conflict sowed the seeds of the government s downfall. Officials say they are planting the seeds for freedom and democracy …

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  • 77sow the seeds of something — sow the seeds of (something) to do something that will cause an unpleasant situation in the future. He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction by using violence against his people …

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  • 78sow the seeds of — (something) to do something that will cause an unpleasant situation in the future. He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction by using violence against his people …

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  • 79sow your wild oats — If a young man sows his wild oats, he has a period of his life when he does a lot of exciting things and has a lot of sexual relationships. for e.g. He d spent his twenties sowing his wild oats but felt that it was time to settle down …

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  • 80sow bug — sow′ bug [[t]saʊ[/t]] n. ent any of several small terrestrial isopods, esp. of the genus Oniscus; wood louse • Etymology: 1740–50 …

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