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the house

the house is the ellipsis of the house down.

Meaning of the house down

Adverb

the house down (not comparable)

  1. (drag slang) Used as an intensifier: very, to a great degree; exceptionally.
    • Hello-tis, it's Jorgeous! This spicy Latina dancing diva started drag at the age of 16 and never looked back. A fierce performer who was born to do drag, Jorgeous is looking to dance the house down boots all the way to the top.2021 December 2, Raffy Ermac, “Meet the Sickening Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 14”, in Out

Questions about the house

What is the house the ellipsis of?
The house is the ellipsis of the house down.

Words near the house in the dictionary

  1. the highest branch is not the safest roost
  2. The Hill
  3. The Hills
  4. the hit dog hollers
  5. The Honeysuckles
  6. the house
  7. the house always wins
  8. the house down
  9. The Hundred
  10. The Iliad
  11. the ink was not even dry

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