[dressing down] {n.}, {informal} A scolding. * /The sergeant gave the soldier a good dressing down because his shoes were not shined./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

dress a window

[dress a window] See: [WINDOW DRESSING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

go out the window

[go out the window] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go out of effect; be abandoned. * /During the war, the school dress code went out the window./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

launch window

[launch window] {n.}, {Space English}, {informal} 1. A period of time when the line-up of planets, Sun, and Moon are such as to make favorable conditions for a specific space […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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bomb

[bomb] {n.} A large sum of money as in 'to make a bomb'. Also 'to go like a bomb' meaning to travel at high speed.