[local yokel] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} City police officer, as opposed to state police or highway patrol. * /There's a local yokel westbound on the move./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

ten-four?

[ten-four?] {v. phr.}, {interrog.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} Do you understand? * /Is that a ten-four?/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

bear in the air

[bear in the air] or [bear in the sky] {n. phr.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} A police helicopter flying overhead watching for speeders. * /Slow down, good buddy, there's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

x-raying machine

[x-raying machine] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} Speed detection device by radar used by the police. * /The smokies are using the x-raying machine under the bridge!/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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hell and high water

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put someone on

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You can stop while you are raising, but not when you are falling.

many hands make light work

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up and at them

[up and at them] 1. {adv. phr.} Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat. * /"You want to know whether he will make a […]