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A better bus service all
round
( Carousel Buses advertising slogan )
A class
act
A good
beginning
makes a good ending
A
move
in the right direction
A pitched
battle
A straight
fight
Act
of God
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Act
out
Act
the fool
Act
the giddy goat
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Act
the part
Act
up
Act
white
Act
your age
After The Gold
Rush
( Neil Young song )
After a
storm
comes a calm
Alien
invasion
All out war
All
round
All year
round
An abortive
attempt
An albatross
round
his neck
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An uphill
battle
Any port in a
storm
Armed
struggle
Assault
with a deadly weapon
Attack is the best form of defence
Attack of the Clones ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series )
Balanced
approach
Balancing
act
Bash
on
Bash
the bishop
Battle
of the sexes
Battle
of wits
Battle
ready
Battle
royal
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Battle
stations
Beat a hasty
retreat
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Beat someone black and blue
Beat the
retreat
Beat the
rush
Beat up
Begin at the
beginning
Bish
bash
bosh
Bitch slap ( a full swing slap in the face intended to be humiliating )
Black and white unite and
fight
( Political slogan )
Blast
from the past
Blast
off
Blow out of the water
Bluff
charge
( A movement towards by an animal towards its prey which is halted without attacking )
Bold
move
Bring it on
Bum's
rush
Bump
start
Bust a
move
( dance in a stylish way )
Calendar year ( twelve months
beginning
from the first of January )
Calm before the
storm
Captain Underpants And The
Invasion
Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space ( Dav Pilkey book )
Career limiting
move
Cast the first stone
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Catch a case
Caught in the
act
Charge
of the Light Brigade ( British cavalry
charge
against Russian army in the Crimean War and title of a poem by Tennyson )
Chip and
charge
Class
act
Clean up your
act
Cleans
round
the bend ( Harpic Lavatory Cleaner advertising slogan )
Clear and present danger
Come down hard on
Come
round
Cook up a
storm
Cop one
Costa Del
Crime
Couldn't
act
his way out of a paper bag
Create a
storm
( Monsoon advertising slogan )
Crime
And Punishment ( Fyodor Dostoyevsky book )
Crime
Dog ( Nickname of baseball player Fred McGriff )
Crime
against nature
Crime
doesn't pay
Crime
of passion
Date
rape
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Dawn
raid
Denial of service attack
Did the earth
move
for you
Do a disappearing
act
Do your worst
Don't
criticise
what you don't understand
Don't
knock
it until you've tried it
Double
act
Doubt is the
beginning
not the end of wisdom
Down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose ( line from nursery rhyme )
Drive by shooting
Emotion charged
Eye of the
storm
Faith will
move
mountains
Fight
Club ( Brad Pitt movie )
Fight
For The Right To Party ( Beastie Boys song )
Fight
back
Fight
back the tears
Fight
fire with fire
Fight
like a man
Fight
like cat and dog
Fight
off
Fight
or flight
Fight
shy
Fight
the good
fight
Fight
the power
Fight
tooth and nail
Fire
storm
First footing ( making a
round
of visits at New Year )
First strike
Fools
rush
in where angels fear to tread
Foot in the bucket ( A baseball expression meaning to
act
timidly or cowardly )
Fresh
start
From the
beginning
of time
Full
blast
Gather 'round the good stuff ( Pizza Hut advertising slogan )
Gentlemen,
start
your engines
Gentlemen, you can't
fight
in here! This is the War Room ( Dr.Strangelove )
Get a
move
on
Get in on the
act
Get off to a bad
start
Get off to a flying
start
Get ready to rumble ( prepare to
fight
or do
battle
)
Get
round
the table
Get your
act
together
Get your retaliation in first
Glasgow kiss
Go down a
storm
Go for the jugular
Go for the throat
Go
round
in circles
Ground zero
Gutter
snipe
Half the
battle
Happy slapping
Hard
act
to follow
Have a
blast
Have at you
He who fights and runs away, may live to
fight
another day
Head
start
Heap
abuse
on
Heart attack on a plate
Heart attack waiting to happen
Hello, I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy ( A catchphrase from
Round
the Horne )
High wire
act
Hit 'em where they live
Hit out at
How goes the battle?
Human Rights
Act
I Like To
Move
It ( Reel 2 Reel song )
I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy ( A catchphrase from Julian And Sandy in
Round
The Horne )
I'm in
charge
( A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth )
If enough people would stop smoking and
start
drinking, we could get out of ashtrays and into vermouth ( Cinzano advertising slogan )
If you can't do the time, don't do the
crime
If your friendly neighborhood grocer doesn't have a jar
knock
something off a shelf on the way out ( Dilly Beans advertising slogan )
In on the
act
In the
beginning
was the word
In the heat of
battle
Invasion
of the Bodysnatchers
It was the night before Christmas and all
round
the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
It's
beginning
to look a lot like Christmas
Jump
start
Kelloggs, because your best days
start
with breakfast ( Kelloggs advertising slogan )
Kick
start
Killing Me Softly With His Song ( Roberta
Flack
song
Kills bugs dead (
Raid
advertising slogan )
Knock
'em dead
Knock
Three Times ( Tony Orlando and Dawn song )
Knock
about
Knock
about comedy
Knock
back
Knock
back a few
Knock
down drag out
Knock
flat
Knock
for
knock
Knock
for six
Knock
heads together
Knock
into shape
Knock
into the middle of next week
Knock
it into a cocked hat
Knock
it off
Knock
it on the head
Knock
it out of the park ( A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success )
Knock
knock, who's there
Knock
off
Knock
on the door
Knock
on wood
Knock
sideways
Knock
something together
Knock
spots off
Knock
the cover off the ball ( A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation )
Knock
the stuffing out of
Knock
the wind out of
Knock
them in the aisles
Knock
up against
Knock
your heads together
Knock
your socks off
Knock
yourself out
Lace into
Lash out
Launch out at
Let
battle
commence
Let fly
Let the punishment fit the
crime
Life and death
struggle
Like a ton of bricks
Line of attack
Live to
fight
another day
Love makes the world go
round
Mace your face
Make a fresh
start
Make a
move
on
Make your
move
Million Dollar
Bash
( Bob Dylan song )
Money makes the world go
round
Move
It On Over ( Hank Williams song )
Move
On Up a Little Higher ( Mahalia Jackson song )
Move
heaven and earth
Move
in the best circles
Move
over
Move
right along
Move
with the times
Mug's game
New
start
No
rush
Nose for
crime
Not the
beginning
of the end, but the end of the
beginning
On the
move
On the offensive
Partners in
crime
Perfect
storm
Phone it in ( perform an
act
in an uncommitted disinterested manner )
Pick a
fight
Pillow
fight
Pitch into
Play hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or
act
tough or aggressive )
Pommy bashing ( Australian slang term for physical or verbal
attacks
on the English )
Put on an
act
Put the hurt on
Queer bashing
Quiet before the
storm
Rally
round
Rally
round
the flag
Random
act
of kindness
Read the riot
act
Revenge mission ( an
attempt
to seek active retribution )
Richard of York gave
battle
in vain
Right
Round
( Flo Rida song )
Ring
round
Round
Ireland With A Fridge ( Tony Hawks book )
Round
Midnight ( Thelonious Monk tune )
Round
Robin
Round
and
round
the garden like a teddy bear ( line from nursery rhyme )
Round
down
Round
table talks
Round
the bend
Round
the houses
Round
the table
Round
the twist
Round
trip trading
Round
up
Round
up the usual suspects ( Casablanca )
Run toward the sound of gunfire
Running
battle
Rush
job
Rush
of blood
Rush
the growler
Rush
to judgement
Sail into
Score points off
Serious as a heart attack
Siege
mentality
Sister
Act
( Whoopie Goldberg movie )
Smooth
move
Snack attack
So round, so firm, so fully packed ( Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Son of a whore ( a bastard, or a general term of
abuse
)
Spit in the eye of
Spoiling for a
fight
Square peg in a
round
hole
Stand up
fight
Start
again
Start
from scratch
Start
over
Start
the ball rolling
Stick it to the man
Storm
in a teacup
Storm
of controversy
Suck it up ( accept a bad situation and
move
on )
Sugar
rush
Take a bite out of
crime
Take a bite out of crime! ( National
Crime
Prevention Council advertising slogan )
Take a pop at
Take
charge
Take the town by
storm
That frosty
mug
sensation ( A&W Root Beer advertising slogan )
That's not a knife; that's a knife ( Crocodile Dundee )
The Barbarians are at the gate
The
Battle
of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton
The Flying Squad ( Nickname of the Specialist
Crime
Directorate, New Scotland Yard )
The Gold
Rush
( Charlie Chaplin movie )
The Napoleon of
Crime
( Nickname of Professor Moriarty )
The
Rape
Of The Lock ( Alexander Pope book )
The
Round
Mound of Rebound ( Nickname of Charles Barkley )
The Shadow knows ( A catchphrase from the
crime
fighting vigilante )
The
act
you've known for all these years ( Beatles song lyric )
The
battle
of the bulge
The
beginning
of the end
The cat who doesn't
act
finicky soon loses control of his owner ( 9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan )
The fog of war ( confusion caused by the chaos of
battle
)
The glorious twelfth ( of August - the
start
of the British grouse shooting season )
The knives are out
The perfect
crime
The race is not to the swift, nor the
battle
to the strong ( quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes
The
start
of a beautiful friendship
The wheels on the bus go
round
and
round
( title of children's song )
There's a
storm
brewing
Think global,
act
local
Think globally,
act
locally ( Friends of the Earth advertising slogan )
Three, four,
knock
at the door ( line from nursery rhyme )
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head )
Tie a Yellow Ribbon
Round
the Ole Oak Tree ( Dawn with Tony Orlando song )
Tilting at windmills
Tittle tattle lost the
battle
( WWII slogan )
To boldly go where no man has gone before ( A catchphrase from
Start
Trek )
Tough on crime, tough on the causes of
crime
( Tony Blair political slogan )
Triple play ( A baseball expression denoting the
act
of making three outs during the same play )
Ugly
mug
Under fire
Under pressure
Wage war
War footing ( preparedness to
fight
a military campaign )
Wardrobe mistress ( a person in
charge
of the costumes of a theatrical company )
We really
move
our tail for you ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
We will
fight
on the beaches
Weather the
storm
Why you!
You are now free to
move
about the country ( Southwest Airlines advertising slogan )
You can't
fight
city hall