meet : Idioms & Phrases

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board meeting

  • noun a meeting for administrative purposes
    board meeting.
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Camp meeting

  • noun religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days
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  • a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefty by Methodists. It usualy last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
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Class meeting

  • (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction.
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committee meeting

  • noun a meeting for administrative purposes
    board meeting.
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Conference meeting

  • a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. U. S.
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go-to-meeting

  • adjective satellite used of clothing
    go-to-meeting.
    • my good clothes
    • her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
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group meeting

  • noun a formally arranged gathering
    meeting.
    • next year the meeting will be in Chicago
    • the meeting elected a chairperson
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hail-fellow-well-met

  • adjective satellite heartily friendly and congenial
    comradely; hail-fellow.
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Joint meeting, ∨ Joint session

  • the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. "Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared." Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.
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lunch meeting

  • noun a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating
    lunch meeting.
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luncheon meeting

  • noun a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating
    lunch meeting.
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Mass meeting

  • noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
    rally.
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  • a large or general assembly of people, usually a meeting having some relation to politics.
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meet up with

  • verb meet with by appointment
    • She met up with her former lover
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meeting house

  • noun columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers
    honeysuckle; Aquilegia canadensis.
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meeting of minds

  • noun a state of cooperation
    concurrence.
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meeting place

  • noun a public facility to meet for open discussion
    assembly; forum.
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Overflow meeting

  • a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
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praise-meeting

Praise"-meet`*ing noun
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  1. A religious service mainly in song. Local, U. S.
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Prayer meeting

  • noun a service at which people sing hymns and pray together
    prayer service.
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  • a meeting or gathering for prayer to God.
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Primary meeting

  • a meeting of citizens at which the first steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc. See Caucus.
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Protracted meeting

  • a religious meeting continued for many successive days. U. S.
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race meeting

  • noun a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track
    • the Epsom race meeting was an important social event
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revival meeting

  • noun an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion
    revival.
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sense of the meeting

  • noun general agreement reached by an assembled group
    • no vote was taken, but after each discussion the chair summed up the sense of the meeting
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sports meeting

  • noun a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
    meet.
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stockholders meeting

  • noun a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company
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summit meeting

  • noun a meeting of heads of governments
    summit.
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sunday-go-to-meeting

  • adjective satellite used of clothing
    go-to-meeting.
    • my good clothes
    • her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
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swim meet

  • noun a swimming competition between two or more teams
    swim meet.
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swimming meet

  • noun a swimming competition between two or more teams
    swim meet.
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To be meet with

  • to be even with; to be equal to. Obs.
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To make both ends meet

  • to live within one's income. Fuller.
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To meet half way

  • literally, to go half the distance between in order to meet (one); hence, figuratively, to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with.
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To meet with

  • . (a) To light upon; to find; to come to; often with the sense of unexpectedness.
    We met with many things worthy of observation. Bacon.
    (b) To join; to unite in company. Shak. (c) To suffer unexpectedly; as, to meet with a fall; to meet with a loss. (d) To encounter; to be subjected to.
    Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury From the fierce prince. Rowe.
    (e) To obviate. Obs. Bacon.
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Town meeting

  • noun government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters
  • noun a meeting of the inhabitants of a town
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  • a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness. U.S.
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track meet

  • noun a track and field competition between two or more teams
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Vestry meeting

  • the meeting of a vestry or vestry board; also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other place.
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