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three squares

idiom

Three square meals, understood as a complete, satisfying, and nourishing regimen of food taken over the course of a day.


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  1. 01

    count to three

    Synonym of count to ten.

  2. 02

    me three

    Used to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too." Can be continued as "me four," "me five," and so on.

  3. 03

    three guys in a garage

    A small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.

  4. 04

    Three Musketeers

    A group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.

  5. 05

    three score and ten

    Seventy, being the number of years in a full lifetime of traditionally-expected duration.

  6. 06

    three sheets to the wind

    Unsteady from drink.

  7. 07

    three skips of a louse

    The worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.

  8. 08

    Three Stooges

    A group of three stupid people.

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