bug out
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～ bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
blossom out
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～ develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"
ball over
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～ surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
bend over backwards
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～ try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law"
bind over
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～ order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial"
bubble over
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～ overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger"
be at pains
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～ try very hard to do something
blue-pencil
— Verb
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～ cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"
boat-race
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～ participate in a boat race
beat around the bush
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～ be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
bell the cat
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～ take a risk; perform a daring act; "Who is going to bell the cat?"
bull through
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～ push or force; "He bulled through his demands"
belong to
— Verb
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～ be a part or adjunct; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong"
band together
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～ form a group or unite; "The groups banded together"
bunch together
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～ form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"
bob under
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～ disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water
buckle under
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～ consent reluctantly
ball up
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～ make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"