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all duck or no dinner

idiom

All or nothing.


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  1. 01

    break one's duck

    To do something for the first time.

  2. 02

    dead duck

    One who is in serious danger or trouble.

  3. 03

    duck down

    To crouch in order to hide or protect oneself.

  4. 04

    duck off

    To lie low; to hide.

  5. 05

    duck out

    To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.

  6. 06

    duck soup

    Something which is easy; a piece of cake.

  7. 07

    hand in one's dinner pail

    To die.

  8. 08

    odd duck

    An unusual person, especially one with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.

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