Back to the Future - Slang Expressions

"Put your mind to it."

• To change your decision about something

• To use your education to make a prediction about something

• To decide you are going to do something and to put a lot of effort into doing it

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"Get out of town!"

• An expression of surprise or disbelief

• To call someone a liar

• An expression that means you are going to leave soon

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to "freak out" means...

• to feel like you don't belong somewhere

• to suddenly feel extremely surprised, upset, angry, or confused.

• to feel embarrassed

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if you "drop someone a line", you...

• throw something to another person below you

• beat someone up

• send someone a note or letter in a casual manner

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If you say, "look me up", you're asking another person to...

• to give them a compliment on their appearance

• to visit or make contact with somebody in the future

• To look at them quickly to see if they have anything wrong with their outfit

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If something is a "rip off" it has...

• cheated somebody out of their money by being of poor or deceitful quality

• the potential to hurt someone physically

• become stuck and must be removed

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"Watch your mouth!"

• a polite way to tell someone to be quiet

• a rude warning to stop talking about or saying what was just mentioned

• an instruction to look at your teeth in a mirror

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If someone says "your old man" or "my old man", who are they talking about?

• Your/my grandfather

• Your/my boss

• Your/my father

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