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[after hours]{adv. or adj. phr.} Not during the regular, correct, or usual time; going on or open after the usual hours. •/The store was cleaned and swept out after hours./ •/The children had a secret after hours party when they were supposed to be in bed./

[after one’s own heart]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Well liked because of agreeing with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking-agreeable. Used after "man" or some similar word. •/He likes baseball and good food; he is a man after my own heart./ •/Thanks for agreeing with me about the class party; you’re a girl after my own heart./ Compare: SEE EYE TO EYE.

[after the dust clears] or [when the dust settles]{adv. phr.} When a troubling, confusing, or disastrous event is finally over. •/John invited Tim for dinner, but since Tim’s father had just died, he replied, "Thanks. I’d like to come after the dust settles."/

[again] See: COME AGAIN, EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, NOW AND THEN or NOW AND AGAIN, OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN or ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN, SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN, THEN AGAIN, TIME AND AGAIN, YOU SAID IT or YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

[against it] See: UP AGAINST IT.

[against the clock] See: AGAINST TIME.

[against the current] or [against the stream] See: SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT.

[against the grain]{adv. phr.} 1. Across rather than with the direction of the fibers (as of wood or meat). •/He sandpapered the wood against the grain./ 2. So as to annoy or trouble, or to cause anger or dislike. — Usually follows "go". •/His coarse and rude ways went against the grain with me./ •/It went against the grain with him to have to listen to her gossip./ Compare: RUB THE WRONG WAY.

[against time] or [against the clock]{adv. phr.} 1. As a test of speed or time; in order to beat a speed record or time limit. •/John ran around the track against time, because there was no one else to race against./ 2. As fast as possible; so as to do or finish something before a certain time. •/It was a race against the clock whether the doctor would get to the accident soon enough to save the injured man./ 3. So as to cause delay by using up time. •/The outlaw talked against time with the sheriff, hoping that his gang would come and rescue him./

[age] See: ACT ONE’S AGE or BE ONE’S AGE, DOG’S AGE or COON’S AGE, LEGAL AGE or LAWFUL AGE, OF AGE, OVER AGE, UNDER AGE.

[agent] See: FREE AGENT.

[Agent Orange]{n.} A herbicide used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, considered by some to cause birth defects and cancer, hence, by extension, an instance of "technological progress pollution". •/If things continue as they have, we’ll all be eating some Agent Orange with our meals./

[ago] See: WHILE AGO.

[agree with]{v.} To have a good effect on, suit. •/The meat loaf did not agree with him./ •/The warm, sunny climate agreed with him, and he soon grew strong and healthy./

[ahead] See: DEAD AHEAD, GET AHEAD.

[ahead of]{prep.} 1. In a position of advantage or power over. •/He studies all the time, because he wants to stay ahead of his classmates./ 2. In front of; before. •/The troop leader walked a few feet ahead of the boys./ 3. Earlier than; previous to, before. •/Betty finished her test ahead of the others./