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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
RUSH. rush one's fences act hurriedly, without thinking carefully. He presented
his argument coolly and carefully, without rushing his fences. From show-jumping
. rush hour period when traffic is busiest with people getting to and from their ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
rush one's fences to act too hastily. © 1 4c: from French ruser to put to flight, from
Latin recusare to push back. rush2 c» noun (rushes) 1 hot a densely tufted
annual or evergreen perennial plant, typically found in cold wet regions of the
northern ...
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Concise English Dictionary
rush hour one of the times during the day of maximum activity or traffic; rush one's
fences to act precipitately. [A.Fr. russcher, O.Fr. reusser, reuser, ruser (Fr. ruser);
see ruse.] rush2 rush, n. any plant of the grass-like marsh-growing genus ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
To make tea: army officers': WW1. rush-buckler. A violent bully: coll.: ca. 1530—
90. Robinson's More, 'Bragging rush-bucklers.' rush-dodge. See rush, n., 1, and
rusher, 1. rush (one's) fences. To be impetuous: 'County' coll. > gen: C20. Ex the j.
... handsome stranger. fell at one fell swoop see swoop. fence rush one's fences
to act in too much of a hurry, without enough care: Don't rush your fences — /
think you should plan more carefully what you are going to do. [A horse-riding
idiom.] ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... affect (someone) with strong emotion or enthusiasm: She was swept off her feet
by(= fell violently in love with) a dark, handsome stranger. fell at one fell swoop
see swoop. fence rush one's fences to act in top much of a hurry, without enough
...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
low: from ca 1690; ob. fences, crash one's , see CRASH ONE'S FENCES. cf. rush
one's fences. fencing *. The 'profession' of purchasing or storing stolen goods:
orig. (ca 1850) c. fencing-crib *, C.19–20, -ken, late C.17– early 19. A place A-Z ...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
Br. besobusy so thatsb. doesn't have anytime tostopor rest. rush/ give sb.abum's
rushAm.sl. throw sb. out, esp. from a bar. rush one's fences Br. actwith undue
haste. Russian saladBr. salad ofmixed diced vegetables withmayonnaise.
Russian ...
... may represent the tension or stress that is holding one, or trapping one in
anxiety. See wall. Idioms: rush one's fences; wrong side of the fence; sit on the
fence. ferry Movement toward change; connections in a relationship; often
associated.
