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return on effort employed

The KPi that defined whether or not a task or energy applied to it is really worth the bother.
Rebecca: “oh lord! There’s a Lion heading towards us”
Leon: “oh cripes, we should LITERALLY RUN AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE , in order to make sure we are in front of all these other Safari tourists”
Rebecca: “er, no. It’s hot. I don’t need to be the fastest. I just need to be faster than 1 or 2 of them.
And as most of them ate lunch and I only had a date; I fancy my chances”
Leon: “oh gosh; you’re right as usual Honey - there was me always wanting to be the best at everything I do (inc. running from Lions) but actually it’s so hot, the “return on effort employed” or ROEE just isn’t there”
Rebecca: “thank the lord; finally you get it (see also 20:80).
Leon: “yes - I coined that one too”
by L30NRB August 8, 2020
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return the favor

"Hey, could you for the love of God, return the favor?"
by OmniBreaker November 16, 2018
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Pint of no return

The point while eating a pint of ice cream after which the only reasonable course of action is to finish the entire pint of ice cream and feel like a pig rather than putting the remaining ice cream back in the freezer
Susan had only wanted to eat a single serving of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream with her late-night Gilmore Girls marathon, but unable to stop herself, she soon crossed the pint of no return.
by Atticus_21 June 13, 2018
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Cosmic activity in the financial area of your chart will encourage you to back up those big ideas you’ve been having with time, energy and money. The more you are willing to invest in yourself the more you will get back in return SO FUCK OFF OR GET KILLED
Cosmic activity in the financial area of your chart will encourage you to back up those big ideas you’ve been having with time, energy and money. The more you are willing to invest in yourself the more you will get back in return SO FUCK OFF OR GET KILLED
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Return to sender

When you get a facial and spit it back into his mouth.
I got a facial, but he had some funky spunk. So I return to sender
by Xoxodevilish July 1, 2021
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Previous Return

When you die, the animal or object that kills you, you rebirth in to that thing. May you cherish the life you have now because you might become a dlido.
If I was to die to a boar I would become a boar in my next life. Previous Return the return of what finished you off.
by The white goblin May 28, 2024
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<.7.9.7.6.>Metallurgy Artistry Starts At 6 Milliseconds And Ends In 20 Hours Do Not Confuse Return Of Investment, Monetary Wise & Time Lapses, Start Metallurging<.7.9.7.6.>
<.7.9.7.6.>Metallurgy Artistry Starts At 6 Milliseconds And Ends In 20 Hours Do Not Confuse Return Of Investment, Monetary Wise & Time Lapses, Start Metallurging<.7.9.7.6.>
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