Outreach

stretch out one's arms.

"they stood with earnest eyes, and arms outreaching"

by Arminkshipper July 20, 2024

Near enough

sufficiently close to being the case for all practical purposes.

"this price was near enough the going rate for rent"

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by Arminkshipper July 21, 2024

Rolled

flip over (a car).

He crashed his Mercedes at 100 mph and rolled it.

by Arminkshipper June 29, 2024

In the can

prepared for transmission or distribution on video or audio cassette.

We finally wrapped filming today, so the movie is officially in the can!

by Arminkshipper July 13, 2024

beep

summon (someone) by means of a pager.

"they have themselves beeped in restaurants"

by Arminkshipper August 13, 2024

Personal

of or denoting one of the three persons.

While "personal" can refer to grammatical person (first person, second person, third person), it's less common than other definitions. In this context, a more natural sentence might be:

The verb "walk" is conjugated differently depending on the personal pronoun (I walk, you walk, he/she/it walks).

by Arminkshipper July 16, 2024

Personal

existing as a self-aware entity, not as an abstraction or an impersonal force.

He rejected the notion of a personal God

by Arminkshipper July 16, 2024