keep+one's+head+above+water

  • 11keep one's head above water — avoid failure, avoid loss, avoid depression …

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  • 12keep one's head above water —  Manage to survive in difficult circumstances …

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  • 13keep head above water —    To keep one s head above water means to try to survive by staying out of debt, for example a small business.     Business has been slow, but we ve managed to keep our head above water …

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  • 14keep your head above water — informal phrase to manage to live or keep a business working even though you are not earning much money We all have to co operate just to keep our heads above water. Thesaurus: to have just enough moneysynonym Main entry: head * * * keep you …

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  • 15keep your head above water — ► to try to manage a difficult situation, especially when it involves a lot of work or a lack of money: »The business has lurched from one financial crisis to another but we have managed to keep our heads above water. Main Entry: ↑head …

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  • 16Head Above Water — Infobox Film name = Head Above Water caption = director = Jim Wilson writer = Eirik Ildahl Geir Eriksen Theresa Marie starring = Cameron Diaz Harvey Keitel Craig Sheffer Billy Zane producer = Guy East distributor = New Line Cinema released = 1996 …

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  • 17head — [hed] n. [ME hede, heved < OE heafod, akin to Ger haupt (OHG houbit, Goth haubith) < IE base * kaput (orig. prob. cup shaped) > L caput: merged in Gmc with word akin to OHG hūba, a cap, crest (Ger haube) < IE base * keu , to bend,… …

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  • 18head — ► NOUN 1) the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. 2) a person in charge; a director or leader. 3) the front, forward, or upper part or end of something …

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  • 19Water — Wa ter (w[add] t[ e]r), n. [AS. w[ae]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[=o], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. y dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps …

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  • 20water inch — Water Wa ter (w[add] t[ e]r), n. [AS. w[ae]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[=o], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. y dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and… …

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