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[main squeeze] {n.}, {slang}
1. The top ranking person in an organization or in a neighborhood; an important person, such as one's boss.
Mr. Bronchard is the main squeeze in this office.
2. The top person in charge of an illegal operation, such as drug sales, etc.
Before we can clean up this part of town, we must arrest the main squeeze.
3. One's principal romantic or sexual partner.
The singer's main squeeze is a member of the band.
A Dictionary of American Idioms
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[fall for] {v.}, {slang}
1. To begin to like very much.
Dick fell for baseball when he was a little boy.
2. To begin to love (a boy or a girl.)
Helen was a very pretty girl and people were not surprised that Bill fell for her.
3. To believe (something told to fool you.)
Nell did not fall for Joe's story about being a jet pilot.
A Dictionary of American Idioms
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[get the bounce] or [get the gate] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. or [get the air]
To lose one's sweetheart; not be kept for a friend or lover.
Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl.
Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her boyfriend if she went out with other boys while he was away.
2. or [get the sack] also [get the hook]
To be fired; lose a job.
Uncle Willie can't keep a job; he got the sack today for sleeping on the job.
You're likely to get the bounce if you are absent from work too much.
Contrast: [GIVE THE BOUNCE].
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[give the bounce] or [give the gate] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. or [give the air]
To stop being a friend or lover to (a person); separate from.
Mary gave John the bounce after she saw him dating another girl.
Bill and Jane had an argument and Bill is giving her the gate.
2. or [give the sack] also [give the hook]
To fire from a job; dismiss.
The ball team gave Joe the gate because he never came to practice.
Contrast: [GET THE BOUNCE].
A Dictionary of American Idioms