length : Idioms & Phrases

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A butt's length

  • the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark.
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Arm's length

  • noun a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy
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  • the length of the arm.
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At all, At home, At large, At last, At length, At once, etc.

  • See under All, Home, Large, Last (phrase and syn.), Length, Once, etc.
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At arm's length

  • adverb at some distance
    • keep someone at arm's length
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  • . See under Arm.
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At length

  • adverb in a lengthy or prolix manner
    lengthily.
    • the argument went on lengthily
    • she talked at length about the problem
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  • . (a) At or in the full extent; without abbreviation; as, let the name be inserted at length. (b) At the end or conclusion; after a long period. See Syn. of At last, under Last.
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bishop's length

Bish"op's length`
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  1. A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.
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body length

  • noun the length of your body
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cable length

  • noun a nautical unit of depth
    cable length; cable.
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Cable's length

  • noun a nautical unit of depth
    cable length; cable.
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  • the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile).
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focal length

  • noun the distance from a lens to its focus
    focal distance.
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full-length

  • adjective satellite representing or accommodating the entire length
    • a full-length portrait
  • adjective satellite complete
    uncut.
    • the full-length play
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half-length

  • noun a portrait showing the body from only the waist up
  • adjective satellite representing only the upper half of the body
    • a half-length portrait
  • adjective satellite abridged to half its original length
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Half"-length` adjective
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  1. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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hip-length

  • adjective extending to or just over the hips
    hiplength.
    • a hiplength jacket
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knee-length

  • adjective extending to the knee
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length of service

  • noun duration of service
    longevity.
    • her longevity as a star
    • had unusual longevity in the company
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Three-quarter length

  • a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.
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To keep at arm's length

  • to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse.
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To work at arm's length

  • to work disadvantageously.
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waist-length

  • adjective satellite (of clothing) extending only to the waist
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Wave length

  • (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs.
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whole-length

Whole"-length` adjective
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  1. Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue. -- n. A portrait or statue representing the whole figure. = full-length?
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