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sucker list

[sucker list] {n.}, {slang} A list of easily-fooled people, especially people who are easily persuaded to buy things or give money. * /The crook got hold of a sucker list […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

waiting list

[waiting list] {n.} A list of persons waiting to get into something (as a school). * /The nursery school enrollment was complete, so the director put our child's name on […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

short list

[short list] or [short-listed] {v. phr.} To place on the list of select finalists for a job. * /Only three of the twenty-seven applicants were short-listed for the assistant professorial […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

check off

[check off] {v.} To put a mark beside (the name of a person or thing on a list) to show that it has been counted. * /The teacher checked off […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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