at some point or other definition | English definition dictionary | Reverso
max out
exp.
reach an extreme
point
or
an upper limit; exhaust all options
or
resources
call it a day
v.
declare that you’re done with work
or
other
activity, and that you want to go out
or
rest
or
go to bed
[Fig.];[Fam.]
go bananas
v.
go wild ; go crazy with excitement
or
other
extreme emotions such as over-the-top happiness
or
(but less commonly) anger. This idiom may allude to the apes who go crazy when given bananas (on the pattern of ‘go ape’)
[Fam.] When the two brothers found out that they were among the winners of the fan contest and thus, were to meet the members of Metallica, they went bananas.
Zerk (Zerk fitting)
n.
A grease nipple
or
grease fitting, usually mounted on bearings
or
other
mechanical parts that regularly need to be lubricated. Named after its Austrian-born American inventor, Oscar U. Zerk.
[Tech.]
care package
n.
1. a package containing food, clothes
or
other
items that the receiver has difficulties in procuring by himself; 2. a package containing small gifts for close persons
winner’s curse
n.
(in an auction, negotiation
or
other
business competition) the situation in which the winning party has overrated the pursued object
[Bus.]
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Cyber interception
n.
Cyber interception means the acquisition of the any digital contents through the use of any electronic, mechanical,
or
other
digital devices.
[Tech.];[Leg.] Cyber interception means the acquisition of the any digital contents
tipping
point
n.
the
point
where a minor change turns into a major and irreversible one
[Bus.] E.g. : Some have anticipated that social media would be the tipping point of web marketing.
inter-alia
exp.
amongst
other
things said
or
stated
At the panel she stated her claims inter-alia
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protectionism
n.
Protectionism is the policy
some
countries have of helping their own industries by putting a large tax on imported goods
or
by restricting imports in
some
other
way.
POV
n.
point
of view
In cinema, refers to camera technique (caméra subjective).
frame liner
n.
A moulding commonly used in framing oil paintings. The liner is fixed inside the frame and appears between the image and the outer frame. Generally made out of wood
or
some
other
hard material, the liner may have fabric glued down to it. Liners are to canvases what a mat/mount is to a print on paper
[Artwork framing] Polystyrene or wood liner. Fabric-covered liner. Linen liner. Gold liner.
signficant
other
n.
person who is very important and dear without formally being the spouse
rotten apple
OR
bad apple
n.
Arotten apple is a member of a group,
or
a single element in a set of things, that is bad and likely to corrupt the
other
people
or
things in the group
Allusion to the expression “One bad apple spoils the barrel”
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relocator
n.
a relocator refers to a person
or
company reponsible for the moving
or
relocating
or
one
or
more objects from one place to another. used in a sentence as “I am looking to hire
some
furniture relocators to move my items from one place to another.”
