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scheduled</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="63344" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero hour"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-in_1817">zero in</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-in_1817">To focus one's aim; to zoom in and center on something.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1817" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero in"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-in-on_1819">zero in on</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-in-on_1819">To aim precisely at a target.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1819" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero in on"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-in-on_1820">zero in on</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-in-on_1820">To successfully narrow down a search.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1820" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero in on"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-in-on_1821">zero in on</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-in-on_1821">To concentrate or focus one's attention on at task.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1821" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero in on"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-in-on_1822">zero in on</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-in-on_1822">To converge on something.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1822" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero in on"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-out_19421">zero out</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-out_19421">To reduce to zero.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="19421" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero out"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-out_19422">zero out</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-out_19422">To cut off funding for.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="19422" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero out"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-out_19423">zero out</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-out_19423">To fill with zeros, replacing any previous contents.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="19423" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero out"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zero-ruling_62640">zero ruling</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zero-ruling_62640">Total freedom without anybody to be call a ruler that will give orders</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="62640" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero ruling"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zeroday_26865">zero-day</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zeroday_26865">newly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminals</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="26865" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero-day"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zeroday_26866">zero-day</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zeroday_26866">benefiting from newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using zero-day vulnerability</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="26866" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero-day"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zeroday_26867">zero-day</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zeroday_26867">Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see zero,‎ day.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="26867" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zero-day"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zeth-mcwah_64359">zeth mcwah</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zeth-mcwah_64359">when someones uses zeth mcwah they intend to sexually na d mentally assault someone</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="64359" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zeth mcwah"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zig-when-one-should-zag_8136">zig when one should zag</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zig-when-one-should-zag_8136">To misstep or err.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="8136" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zig when one should zag"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zip-down_19424">zip down</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zip-down_19424">To unzip</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="19424" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zip down"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zip-it_8137">zip it</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zip-it_8137">Be quiet; the same as zip one's lip.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="8137" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zip it"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zip-ones-lip_8138">zip one's lip</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zip-ones-lip_8138">To stop talking; to be quiet.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="8138" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zip one's lip"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zip-up_1823">zip up</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zip-up_1823">To close with a zip fastener.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1823" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zip up"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zip-up_1824">zip up</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zip-up_1824">To close as if with a zip fastener.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1824" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zip up"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zip-up_1825">zip up</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zip-up_1825">To convert a computer file into a smaller package.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1825" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zip up"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zip-your-lip_16601">zip your lip</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zip-your-lip_16601">Be quiet.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="16601" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zip your lip"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zombie-out_19425">zombie out</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zombie-out_19425">Become like a zombie in being listless, vacant, and unresponsive.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="19425" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zombie out"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zone-out_1826">zone out</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zone-out_1826">To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1826" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zone out"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zone-out_10235">zone out</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zone-out_10235">To relax, to chill-out.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="10235" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zone out"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zonk-out_1827">zonk 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href="/phrase/zoom-down_1829">zoom down</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zoom-down_1829">To move quickly along a particular route, list, etc.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1829" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zoom down"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/phrase/zoom-in_1830">zoom in</a></strong></td><td class="tal qx"><a href="/phrase/zoom-in_1830">To focus a zoom lens in order to obtain a larger image, or a closer view.</a></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-phrase-prefix">Rate it:</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars" title="rate it" data-pid="1830" data-lang="EN" data-phrase="zoom in"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span 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