take the starch out of

To reduce someone's ego or conceit, to deflate someone

The latest scandal finally took the starch out of him. (example of take the starch out of)

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Jersey lightning

applejack, a brandy made by distilling hard apple cider (from the fact that the distilleries that produce it are in New Jersey)

a shot of Jersey lightning, let alone plain old brandy, is enough to make me sick.

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to make hesitant, to perturb (usually with not)

Lightning does not faze them.

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a passage extracted from an article, book, etc. (originally used to mean something that had to be removed from a movie)

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1. not a problem

2. a person or thing that does not give one a reason to worry

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a man who is attractive to and successful with many woman (From the reputation of a Spanish Nobleman Portrayed in a Brittish Poem)

This Guy was apparently a total Don Juan because every girl who spoke to him automatically tried to ask him out.

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1. to vomit

2. to be terrible, to be extremely bad

The sensation I got from this creature nearly made me blow chunks.

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