D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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Contents of D:
[dust]
See:
[BITE THE DUST],
[KICK UP A FUSS] or [KICK UP A DUST],
[WATCH ONE'S DUST],
[AFTER THE DUST CLEARS]/[WHEN THE DUST SETTLES].
[dust off] {v.}, {informal}
1. To get ready to use again.
Four years after he graduated from school, Tom decided to dust off his algebra book.
2. To throw a baseball pitch close to.
The pitcher dusted off the other team's best hitter.
Syn.: […]
[dutch treat] {n.}, {informal}
A meal in a restaurant or an outing at the movies, concert, or theater where each party pays his or her own way.
"I am willing to accept your invitation," Mary said, "but it will have to be Dutch treat."
[duty bound] {adj. phr.}
Forced to act by what you believe is right.
Abraham Lincoln walked miles once to return a few pennies that he had overcharged a woman because he felt duty bound to do it.
* /John felt duty bound to report that he had […]
[duty calls] {n. phr.}
One must attend to one's obligations.
"I'd love to stay and play more poker," Henry said, "but duty calls and I must get back to the office."
[dwell on] or [dwell upon] {v.}
To stay on a subject; not leave something or want to leave; not stop talking or writing about.
Joe dwelt on his mistake long after the test was over.
Our eyes dwelled on the beautiful sunset.
* /The principal […]
[dyed-in-the-wool] {adj. phr.}
Thoroughly committed; inveterate; unchanging.
He is a died-in-the-wool Conservative Republican.