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click with someone

Language; Slang

To catch on with someone; to intrigue someone; to become popular with someone. * The pink hair and multiple earrings never really seemed to click with many kids. * Sam and Mary are getting along ...

climb the wall

Language; Slang

To do something desperate when one is anxious, bored, or excited. * He was home for only three days; then he began to climb the wall. * I was climbing the walls to get back to work.

clinch

Language; Slang

To settle something; to make something final. * I was able to clinch the deal, and I got a raise for it. * I want to clinch this contract before the weekend.

The entire amount; everything. (Origin unknown. Possibly referring to the standard size of a cement mixing truck, 9 cubic yards.) * For you I’ll go the whole nine yards. * You’re worth the whole nine ...

whole schmear

Language; Slang

The entire amount; the entire affair. (Based on Yiddish.) * You just wrecked the whole schmear, that’s what. * I’ll take a hamburger with everything on it—the whole schmear. the