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  • 121the bottom drops/falls out of the market — ► ECONOMICS, STOCK MARKET used when a product or share has reached its lowest price and people have stopped buying it: »The dot com bubble burst and the bottom fell out of the tech market. »When the bottom dropped out of the stock market, he lost …

    Financial and business terms

  • 122the bottom falls out of the market — the bottom drops/falls out of the market ► ECONOMICS, STOCK MARKET used when a product or share has reached its lowest price and people have stopped buying it: »The dot com bubble burst and the bottom fell out of the tech market. »When the bottom …

    Financial and business terms

  • 123flicker out — (of a flame or light) die away and go out after a series of flickers ■ figurative (of a feeling) die away and finally disappear the swift burst of curiosity and eagerness flickered out …

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  • 124World Water Crisis: Is There a Way Out? — ▪ 2004 Introduction by Peter RogersOf all the social and natural crises we humans face, the water crisis is the one that lies at the heart of our survival and that of our planet Earth.  Such was the dismal state of the world s water supply, as… …

    Universalium

  • 125blow out — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To extinguish] Syn. put out, dampen, snuff; see extinguish 1 . 2. [To burst] Syn. shatter, erupt, rupture; see explode 1 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 126bruck out — vb to dance, especially frenetically. The phrase, heard since around 2000, orig inates in Jamaican usage and is a dia lect pronunciation of break out , in the sense of erupt, burst free …

    Contemporary slang

  • 127Lash out — 1. go on a spending spree; 2. burst into violent action or speech …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 128lash out — Australian Slang 1. go on a spending spree; 2. burst into violent action or speech …

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