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[think nothing of it]{v. phr.}, {informal} Used as a courteous phrase in replying to thanks. /"Thank you very much for your help." "Think nothing of it."/ Compare: YOU’RE WELCOME.

[think on one’s feet]{v. phr.} To think quickly; answer or act without waiting; know what to do or say right away. •/A good basketball player can think on his feet./ •/Our teacher can think on his feet; he always has an answer ready when we ask him questions./

[think out]{v.} 1. To find out or discover by thinking; study and understand. •/Andy thought out a way of climbing to the top of the pole./ Compare FIGURE OUT, WORK OUT. 2. To think through to the end; to understand what would come at last. •/Bill wanted to quit school, but he thought out the matter and decided not to./

[think out loud] See: THINK ALOUD.

[think over]{v.} To think carefully about; consider; study. •/When Charles asked Betty to marry him, she asked him for time to think it over./ •/Think over what we studied in history this year and write a lesson on the thing that interested you most./ Compare: MAKE UP ONE’S MIND, SEE ABOUT.

[think piece]{n.}, {slang} 1. The human brain. •/Lou’s got one powerful think piece, man./ 2. Any provocative essay or article that, by stating a strong opinion, arouses the reader to think about it and react to it by agreeing or disagreeing. •/That article by Charles Fenyvesi on Vietnamese refugees in the Washington Post sure was a think piece!/

[think tank]{n.} A company of researchers who spend their time developing ideas and concepts. •/The government hired a think tank to study the country’s need for coins, and was advised to stop making pennies./

[think twice]{v.} To think again carefully; reconsider; hesitate. •/The teacher advised Lou to think twice before deciding to quit school./ Compare: THINK BETTER OF.

[think up]{v.} To invent or discover by thinking; have a new idea of. •/Mary thought up a funny game for the children to play./

[third base]{n.} The base to be touched third in baseball. •/He reached third base standing up on a long triple./

[third class]{n.} 1. The third best or highest group; the class next after the second class. •/Mary won the pie-making contest in the third class, for the youngest girls./ 2. Mail that is printed, other than magazines and newspapers that are published regularly, and packages that are not sealed and weigh less than a pound. •/The company uses third class to mail free samples of soap./ 3. The least expensive class of travel. •/I couldn’t afford anything better than the third class on the ship coming home from France./ Compare: FIRST CLASS, SECOND CLASS.

[third-class(1)]{adj.} Belonging to the third class; of the third highest or best class. •/Much advertising is sent by third-class mall./ •/I bought a third-class airline ticket to Hawaii./

[third-class(2)]{adv.} By third class. •/How did you send the package? Third class./ •/We traveled third-class on the train./

[third degree]{n. phr.} A method of severe grilling used to extract information from an arrested suspect. •/"Why give me the third degree?" he asked indignantly. "All I did was come home late because I had a drink with my friends."/