F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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[from way back] {adv. phr.}
From a previous time; from a long time ago.
They have known one another from way back when they went to the same elementary school.
[front and center] {adv.}, {slang}
Used as a command to a person to go to someone who wants him.
Front and center, Smith. The boss wants to see you.
[front court] {n.}
The half of a basketball court that is a basketball team's offensive zone.
The guard brought the ball up to the front court.
[front office] {n.}, {informal}
The group of persons who manage a business; the officers.
The front office decides how much the workers are paid.
[frown upon] {v. phr.}
To look with disfavor upon somebody or something.
Everybody in her family frowns upon her attachment to him.
[fuck around] {v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable}
1. To be promiscuous.
John fucks around with the secretaries.
2. To play at something without purpose, to mess around.
He doesn't accomplish anything, because he fucks around so much.