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[watering hole] or [place]  {n. phr.}

A bar, pub, or nightclub where people gather to drink and socialize.

[Waterloo]

See: [MEET ONE'S WATERLOO].

[water over the dam] or [water under the bridge]  {n. phr.}

Something that happened in the past and cannot be changed.

Since the sweater is too small already, don't worry about its shrinking; that's water over the dam.

Compare: [CRY OVER SPILLED  […]

[water under the bridge]

See: [WATER OVER THE DAM].

[water wagon]

See: [ON THE WAGON].

[way]

See:

[ALL THE WAY] or [THE WHOLE WAY],

[BY THE WAY],

[BY WAY OF],

[COME A LONG WAY],

[CUT BOTH WAYS] or [CUT TWO WAYS],

[EVERY WHICH WAY],

[FROM WAY BACK],

[GO OUT OF ONE'S WAY],

[HARD WAY],

[HAVE A WAY WITH],

[IN A BAD WAY],

[IN A BIG  […]

[way off]  {adj. phr.}

At a great distance from a particular point (said of a discrepancy).

[wayside]

See: [FALL BY THE WAYSIDE].

[way the wind blows] or [how the wind blows]  {n. phr.}

The direction or course something may go; how things are; what may happen.

[ways and means]  {n. plural}

Methods of getting something done or getting money; how something can be done and paid for.

The boys were trying to think of ways and means to go camping for the weekend.

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