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[camp out]  {v.}

To live, cook, and sleep out of doors (as in a tent).

[campaign]

See: [WHISPERING CAMPAIGN].

[can]

See: [AS BEST ONE CAN], [CATCH AS CATCH CAN].

[can of worms]  {n.},  {slang},  {informal}

1. A complex problem, or complicated situation.

Let's not get into big city politics — that's a different can of worms.

2. A very restless, jittery person.

* /Joe can't sit still for a minute — he is a  […]

[can't help but]  {informal} also  {formal} [cannot but]  {v. phr.}

To be forced to; can only; must.

When the streets are full of melting snow, you can't help but get your shoes wet.

* /When a friend gave Jim a ticket to the game, he couldn't help  […]

[can't make an omelette without breaking (some) eggs]

To achieve a certain goal one must sometimes incur damage, experience difficulties, or make sacrifices. — A proverb.

* /When we drove across the country, we put a lot of mileage on our car and had a  […]

[can't see the wood for the trees] or

[can't see the woods for the trees] or

[can't see the forest for the trees]  {v. phr.}

To be unable to judge or understand the whole because of attention to the parts; criticize small things and not see the  […]

[canary]

See:

[LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY] or

[LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT SWALLOWED THE CANARY].

[cancel out]  {v.}

To destroy the effect of; balance or make useless.

The boy got an "A" in history to cancel out the "C" he got in arithmetic.

* /Our track team won the mile relay to cancel out the other team's advantage in winning the half-mile  […]

[cancer stick]  {n.},  {slang}

A cigarette.