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| 30% | 8 | To strike out or fail utterly | ||||||
verb • To blow a short gust. • To waffle, talk aimlessly. • To waste time. • To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along. • (of a bird) To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other. • To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about. • To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle. • To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle. • To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter. | ||||||||
| 28% | 10 | Platitude that suggests if something can fail, it probably will fail | ||||||
noun • humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong | ||||||||
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| New York Times16 Sep 1984 | Down 86 | ACROPPER |
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