N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[nuke a tater] {v. phr.}
1. To bake a potato in a microwave oven.
"We have no time for standard baked potatoes in the oven," she said. "We'll just have to nuke a tater."
[null and void] {adj.}
Not worth anything; no longer valid.
Both the seller and the buyer agreed to forget about their previous contract and to consider it null and void.
[number]
See:
[A NUMBER],
[ANY NUMBER],
[DAYS ARE NUMBERED],
[GET ONE'S NUMBER],
[HOT NUMBER],
[QUITE A FEW] or [QUITE A NUMBER].
[number among] {v. phr.}
Consider as one of; consider to be a part of.
I number Al among my best friends.
[number one] (1) or [Number One] (1) {n. phr.}, {informal}
Yourself; your own interests; your private or selfish advantage. Usually used in the phrase "look out for number one".
He was well known for his habit of always looking out for number one.
[number one] (2) {adj. phr.}
1. Of first rank or importance; foremost; principal.
He is easily America's number one golfer.
2. Of first grade; of top quality; best.
That is number one western steer beef.
[nurse a drink] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To hold a drink in one's hand at a party, pretending to be drinking it or taking extremely small sips only.
John's been nursing that drink all evening.
[nurse a grudge] {v. phr.}
To keep a feeling of envy or dislike toward some person; remember something bad that a person said or did to you, and dislike the person because of that.
* /Torn nursed a grudge against John because John took his place on the […]