[tell on] {v.} 1. To tire; wear out; make weak. * /The ten-mile hike told on Bill./ 2. {informal} To tell someone about another's wrong or naughty acts. - Used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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fight fire with fire

[fight fire with fire] {v. phr.}, {slightly formal}, {of Biblical origin} To fight back in the same way one was attacked; make […]

knock out

[knock out] {v. phr.} To make helpless, unworkable, or unusable. * /The champion knocked out the challenger in the third […]

Ovid

(43 B.C.--18 A.D.), Roman poet It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

have a blast

[have a blast] {v. phr.} To enjoy doing something very much. * /Sky watchers are having a blast keeping track of the comet./ […]

tosser

[tosser] {n.} 1. Someone who masturbates (to toss off). 2. Someone the speaker doesn't like (from 1.). 3. An affectionate form […]