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[boss one around]{v. phr.} To keep giving someone orders; to act overbearingly toward someone. •/"If you keep bossing me around, darling," Tom said to Jane, "the days of our relationship are surely numbered."/

[botch up]{v. phr.} To ruin, spoil, or mess something up. •/"I botched up my chemistry exam," Tim said, with a resigned sigh./

[both] See: CUT BOTH WAYS, PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES.

[both --- and]{coord. conj.} Used to emphasize that two or more things are talked about. •/Both Frank and Mary were at the party./ •/Millie is both a good swimmer and a good cook./ •/In the program tonight Mary will both sing and dance./ •/The frog can move quickly both on land and in the water./ Compare: AS WELL AS. Contrast EITHER OR.

[bothered] See: HOT AND BOTHERED.

[bottle blond]{n.}, {slang} A person who is obviously not a natural blond but whose hair is artificially colored. •/I doubt that Leonora’s hair color is natural; she strikes me as a bottle blond./

[bottleneck]{n.} A heavy traffic congestion. •/In Chicago the worst bottleneck is found where the Kennedy and the Eden’s expressways separate on the way to the airport./

[bottle up]{v.} 1. To hide or hold back; control. •/There was no understanding person to talk to, so Fred bottled up his unhappy feeling./ 2. To hold in a place from which there is no escape; trap. •/Our warships bottled up the enemy fleet in the harbor./

[bottom] See: BET ONE’S BOOTS or BET ONE’S BOTTOM DOLLAR, FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE’S HEART, FROM --- TO ---, GET TO THE BOTTOM OF, HIT BOTTOM or TOUCH BOTTOM, ROCK BOTTOM, SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL.

[bottom dollar]{n.}, {v. phr.}, {informal} One’s last penny, one’s last dollar. •/He was down to his bottom dollar when he suddenly got the job offer./

[bottom drop out] or [bottom fall out] {v. phr.} {informal} 1. To fall below an earlier lowest price. •/The bottom dropped out of the price of peaches./ 2. To lose all cheerful qualities; become very unhappy, cheerless, or unpleasant. •/The bottom dropped out of the day for John when he saw his report card./ •/The bottom fell out for us when the same ended with our team on the two yard line and six points behind./

[bottom line]{n.}, {informal} (stress on "line") 1. The last word on a controversial issue; a final decision. •/"Give me the bottom line on the proposed merger," said John./ 2. The naked truth without embellishments. •/Look, the bottom line is that poor Max is an alcoholic./ 3. The final dollar amount; for example, the lowest price two parties reach in bargaining about a sale. •/"Five-hundred, " said the used car dealer, "is the bottom line. Take it or leave it."/

[bottom line]{v.}, {informal} (stress on "bottom") To finish; to bring to a conclusion. •/Okay, you guys, let’s bottom line this project and break for coffee./

[bottom out]{v. phr.} To reach the lowest point (said chiefly of economic cycles). •/According to the leading economic indicators the recession will bottom out within the next two months./

[bounce] See: GET THE BOUNCE, GIVE THE BOUNCE.

[bound] See: BIND, BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, OUT OF BOUNDS, WITHIN BOUNDS.

[bound for]{adj. phr.} On the way to; going to. •/I am bound for the country club./ •/The ship is bound for Liverpool./