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*foot in both camps Fig. an interest in or to support each of two opposing groups of people. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) The shop steward had been promised a promotion and so had a foot in both camps during the strike—workers and management. Mr. Smith has a foot in both camps in the parent-teacher dispute. He teaches math, but he has a son at the school. *in the boondocks and *in the boonies in a rural area; far away from a city or population. (*Typically: be ~; camp ~; live ~; stay ~.) Perry lives out in the boonies with his parents. break camp to close down a campsite; to pack up and move on. Early this morning we broke camp and moved on northward. Okay, everyone. It's time to break camp. Take those tents down and fold them neatly. See also: break camp it up [for performers] to overact or behave in an affected manner. The cast began to camp it up in the second act, and the critics walked out. (Fixed order.) There is no need to camp it up. Play it the way it was written. See also: up camp out to live out of doors temporarily in a tent or camping vehicle, as on a vacation or special camping trip. I love to camp out in the winter. See also: out pitch camp to set up or arrange a campsite. We pitched camp near the stream. Two campers went ahead of us to pitch camp while it was still light. See also: pitch a camp follower someone who strongly supports a person or group although they are not a member of an official organization The campaign for real ale had gathered quite a number of camp followers. have/keep a foot in both camps to be involved with two groups of people who often have very different aims and opinions He has moved from fringe to mainstream theatre, but he still keeps a foot in both camps. break camp to fold up and pack a tent and other equipment used to camp We broke camp yesterday and hiked to town, where we caught a bus back to the city. See also: break camp out 1. to live in the open air for a time, often in a tent When I was in high school, during the summer we would camp out at the lake. 2. to live in a place temporarily without many possessions The floods forced people from the city to camp out with relatives or even in public parks. See also: out How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Almost all of Vezzoli's visual and narrative touches could be construed as site specific, playing to the hilt a glamour-crazed art crowd on holiday in a former imperial city; There is decadent styling (costumes by Donatella Versace and a Roman palazzo by way of Plano, Texas); calculated campiness (savvy casting, including Helen Mirren playing Tiberia, with leashed slave boys in tow); pornographic "titillation" (golden dildos and plenty of sapphic kissing Bollywood's pomp and campiness make Mumbai a natural draw for gays. From the effete campiness of many seminarians and clerics, to the heretical books passing as foundational texts at Catholic colleges, few late-20th-century Catholics involved in Catholic apostolate or study could have failed to observe the symptoms of a disorder. |
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