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[fur] See: MAKE THE FUR FLY.

[furious] See: FAST AND FURIOUS.

[fuse] See: BLOW A FUSE.

[fuss] See: KICK UP A FUSS.

[fuss and feathers] <n.>, <informal> Unnecessary bother and excitement. * /She is full of fuss and feathers this morning./

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[gab] See: GIFT OF GAB or GIFT OF THE GAB.

[gaff] See: STAND THE GAFF.

[gain ground] <v. phr.> 1. To go forward; move ahead. * /The soldiers fought hard and began to gain ground./ 2. To become stronger; make progress; improve. * /The sick man gained ground after being near death./ * /Under Lincoln, the Republican Party gained ground./ Contrast: LOSE GROUND.

[gallery] See: PLAY TO THE GALLERY.

[gallon] See: TEN-GALLON HAT.

[gallows' humor] <n. phr.> Bitter joke(s) that make fun of a very serious matter, e.g. death, imprisonment, etc. * /When the criminal was led to the electric chair on Monday morning, he said, "Nice way to start the week, eh?"/

[game] See: AHEAD OF THE GAME, LOVE GAME, NAME OF THE GAME, PLAY THE GAME, AT --- STAGE OF THE GAME.

[game at which two can play] <n. phr.> A plan, trick, or way of acting that both sides may use. * /Rough football is a game two can play./ * /Politics is a game at which two can play./

[game is not worth the candle] <literary> What is being done is not worth the trouble or cost; the gain is not worth the effort. * /I don't want to walk so far on such a hot day. The game is not worth the candle./

[game is up] or <slang> [jig is up] The secret or plan won't work; we are caught or discovered. * /The game is up; the teacher knows who took her keys./ * /The jig's up; the principal knows the boys have been smoking in the basement./ Compare: FAT IS IN THE FIRE.

[gang] See: ROAD GANG, SECTION GANG.

[gang up on] or [gang up against] <v. phr.>, <informal> To jointly attack someone, either physically or verbally; take sides in a group against an individual. * /The class bully was stronger than all the other boys, so they had to gang up on him to put him in his place./ Compare: LINE UP(4b).

[garbage down] <v. phr.>, <slang> To eat eagerly and at great speed without much regard for manners or social convention. * /The children garbaged down their food./

[garden apartment] <n.> An apartment with a garden near it. * /The couple live in a garden apartment./

[garment] See: FOUNDATION GARMENT.

[gas] See: STEP ON IT or STEP ON THE GAS.

[gasket] See: BLOW A FUSE or BLOW A GASKET.

[gas up] <v.>, <informal> 1. To fill the gasoline tank of. * /The mechanics gassed up the planes for their long trip./ 2. To fill the tank with gasoline. * /The big truck stopped at the filling station and gassed up./

[gate] See: GET THE BOUNCE or GET THE GATE, GIVE THE BOUNCE or GIVE THE GATE.

[gate crasher] See: CRASH THE GATE.

[gather] See: ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.

[gather in] <v.>, <informal> To catch. * /The end gathered in the pass and went over for a touchdown./

[gauntlet] See: RUN THE GAUNTLET, THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET.

[gay nineties] <n.> The years between 1890 and 1900; remembered as a happy exciting time. * /Ladies wore large hats in the gay nineties./ * /Picnics were popular in the gay nineties./

[gaze] See: CRYSTAL GAZING.

[gear] See: HIGH GEAR, SLIP A COG or SLIP A GEAR, THROW OUT OF GEAR.

[geese] See: FOX AND GEESE.

[gee whiz] <interj.>, <informal> Used as an exclamation to show surprise or other strong feeling. Rare in written English. * /Gee whiz! I am late again./

[general] See: IN GENERAL.

[generation gap] <n.>, <informal>, <hackneyed phrase> The difference in social values, philosophies, and manners between children and their parents, teachers and relatives which causes a lack of understanding between them and frequently leads to violent confrontations. * /My daughter is twenty and I am forty, but we have no generation gap in our family./

[generous to a fault] <adj. phr.> Excessively generous. * /Generous to a fault, my Aunt Elizabeth gave away all her rare books to her old college./

[George] See: LET GEORGE DO IT.

[get] See: GIVE AS GOOD AS ONE GETS, EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM or EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM, GO-GETTER, TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF.

[get about] See: GET AROUND(1b).

[get a black eye] <v. phr.> 1. To receive a dark ring around the eye after being hit by someone's fist or an object. * /In the fistfight Tom got a black eye from Pete./ * /Sue got a black eye when she ran into a tree./ 2. To have one's character denigrated. * /Our firm received a black eye because of all the consumer complaints that were lodged against our product./

[get a break] <v. phr.> To receive a stroke of luck. * /Bill got a break when he won the lottery./

[get across] <v.> 1. To explain clearly, make (something) clear; to make clear the meaning of. * /Mr. Brown is a good coach because he can get across the plays./ Syn.: PUT ACROSS. 2. To become clear. * /The teacher tried to explain the problem, but the explanation did not get across to the class./

[get after] <v.>, <informal> 1. To try or try again to make someone do what he is supposed to do. * /Ann's mother gets after her to hang up her clothes./ 2. To scold or make an attack on. * /Bob's mother got after him for tracking mud into the house./ * /The police are getting after the crooks in the city./

[get ahead] <v.> 1. <informal> To become successful. * /Mr. Brown was a good lawyer and soon began to get ahead./ * /The person with a good education finds it easier to get ahead./ 2. To be able to save money; get out of debt. * /In a few more years he will be able to get ahead./ * /After Father pays all the doctor bills, maybe we can get a little money ahead and buy a car./

[get a load of] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To take a good look at; see (something unusual or interesting.) - Often used to show surprise or admiration. * /Get a load of that pretty girl!/ * /Get a load of Dick's new car!/ Compare: LOOK OVER. 2. To listen to carefully or with interest, especially exciting news.
– Often used as a command: /Get a load of this: Alice got married yesterday!/

[get along] also [get on] <v.> 1. To go or move away; move on. * /The policeman told the boys on the street corner to get along./ 2. To go forward; make progress; advance, * /John is getting along well in school. He is learning more every day./ Syn.: GET AHEAD. 3. To advance; become old or late. * /It is getting along towards sundown./ * /Grandmother is 68 and getting along./ 4. To get or make what you need; manage. * /It isn't easy to get along in the jungle./ * /We can get along on $100 a week./ Compare: DO WITHOUT(2), GET BY, MAKE DO. 5. To live or work together in a friendly way; agree, cooperate; not fight or argue. * /We don't get along with the Jones family./ * /Jim and Jane get along fine together./ * /Don't be hard to get along with./