Wipe Out
Definition: to destroy or remove something or someone completely.
E.g.1. The huge wave wiped out houses, roads and fields.
E.g.2. Whole villages were wiped out.
This phrasal verb can be separated. This verb has more than one meaning
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To Sell Like Hotcakes
Definition: To sell very quickly; a characteristic of a popular product.
Example: 1) My new book, “How to Make Millions in the Slang Business,” is selling like hotcakes!
2) The new Pokemon game sold like hotcakes.
Etymology: A ‘hotcake’ is a pancake — flour and egg and milk cooked in hot pan. It’s not clear why ‘hotcakes’ are used as a model of popularity and high demand. It’s probably because hotcakes taste best when they are fresh and hot, so when someone is cooking ‘hotcakes’ you have to run to get them as they’re coming off the stove. Slang
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Stool Pigeon
Definition: An informant; one who discloses secret or vital information. Example: The police would never have found him if a stool pigeon hadn’t revealed his hiding place. Etymology: Gangsters in New York started using this phrase in the 1920s. Earlier, in the 1800s, hunters would attach a pigeon (a kind of bird) to a stool (or stand) to act as a decoy, so that other birds would come close and could then be killed. The ’stool pigeon’ was used to deceive other birds. Among criminals, the ’stool pigeon’ is the one who is actually working for the police, deceiving the other criminals. Synonyms: snitch
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Pass Over
Definition: to deliberately avoid discussing something. (This verb has more than one meaning) E.g.1. He talked about his childhood, but passed over his teenage years. E.g.2. We'll pass over what happened last week, shall we? This phrasal verb can be separated.
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