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get late

idiom

To approach nighttime.


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  1. 01

    a day late and a dollar short

    Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

  2. 02

    as of late

    Lately; recently.

  3. 03

    can't get enough

    Greatly enjoys; likes a lot.

  4. 04

    could not get elected dogcatcher

    Said of someone, particularly a politician, who is extremely unpopular.

  5. 05

    don't get someone started

    Used to attempt to avoid or abbreviate a discussion that speaker or hearer may wish to avoid.

  6. 06

    fashionably late

    Arriving behind time to an event which does not normally require one to be punctual.

  7. 07

    five will get you ten

    I strongly believe.

  8. 08

    get a charge out of

    To derive excitement, entertainment, or pleasure from.

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