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to keep something dry

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  • keep powder dry — keep (your) powder dry to be ready to do something if necessary. We re not ready to start buying yet. We ll keep our powder dry until we think prices are as low as they ll go. Etymology: from the idea that gunpowder (= an explosive substance in… …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep — keep1 W1S1 [ki:p] v past tense and past participle kept [kept] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not change)¦ 2¦(continue doing something)¦ 3¦(not give back)¦ 4¦(not lose)¦ 5¦(store something)¦ 6¦(make somebody stay in a place)¦ 7¦(delay somebody)¦ 8¦(do what you… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • keep — 1 /ki:p/ verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/ 1 NOT GIVE BACK (T) to have something and not need to give it back: You can keep it. I don t need it. | Try it for a week and we guarantee you ll want to keep it. 2 NOT LOSE (T) to continue …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Dry Powder — A slang term referring to marketable securities that are highly liquid and considered cash like. Dry powder may also refer to cash reserves kept on hand to cover future obligations or purchase assets, if conditions are favorable. Securities… …   Investment dictionary

  • keep your powder dry — keep (your) powder dry to be ready to do something if necessary. We re not ready to start buying yet. We ll keep our powder dry until we think prices are as low as they ll go. Etymology: from the idea that gunpowder (= an explosive substance in… …   New idioms dictionary

  • Dry County (song) — For the song by The B 52 s, see Cosmic Thing. Dry County Single by Bon Jovi from the album Ke …   Wikipedia

  • Keep the Faith — Infobox Album Name = Keep the Faith Type = Album Artist = Bon Jovi Released = November 3, 1992 Recorded = December 1991 August 1992 Genre = Hard rock, rock Length = 65:10 Label = Mercury Producer = Bob Rock Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5… …   Wikipedia

  • dry out — 1) PHR V ERG If something dries out or is dried out, it loses all the moisture that was in it and becomes hard. [V P] If the soil is allowed to dry out the tree could die... [V P n (not pron)] The cold winds dry out your skin very quickly. [Also… …   English dictionary

  • Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" — Infobox VG title = Spy Fox in Dry Cereal developer = Humongous Entertainment publisher = Atari (PC) Majesco (Wii) designer = engine = SCUMM released = 1997 (Original) 2008 (Rerelease) Q3 2008 (Wii) genre = Adventure modes = Single player ratings …   Wikipedia

  • freeze-dry — verb preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum freeze dry the strawberries • Hypernyms: ↑preserve, ↑keep • Hyponyms: ↑lyophilize, ↑lyophilise • Entailment: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …   Universalium

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