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on a dime

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Definitions

  1. Within a very short distance

    Within a very short distance; especially, with agile precision in a very confined space and suddenly.

    • This boat can turn on a dime.
    • This car has excellent brakes that will stop it on a dime.
    • Everything will stop on a dime / Everything will crash into itself in good time / Do you want to beat your own heart, beat your own heart / Or leave it behind / Or leave it behind

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for on a dime. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA