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.

all in all (1)  {n. phr.},  {literary}

The person or thing that you love most.

She was all in all to him.

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.)

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.

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.

in love  {adj. phr.}

Liking very much; loving.

John is in love with Helen.

Tom and Ellen arc in love.

love affair  {n.}

A friendship between lovers; a romance or courtship.

The love affair of Bob and Jane went on for months.

make a play for  {v. phr.},  {slang}

To try to get the interest or liking of; flirt with; attract.

Bob made a play for the pretty new girl.

puppy love also calf love  {n.},  {informal}

The first love of very young people.

platonic love  {n. phr.}

Great affection toward another person without sex.