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over the counter

Fig. [of medication bought or sold] without a prescription. (Hyphenated when prenominal. See also under the counter.) This is a good product. You can buy it over the counter. I don't put much trust in over-the-counter medications.

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With a firm, steady-eyed impudence, which seemed to hold back the threat of some abominable menace, he would proceed to sell over the counter some object looking obviously and scandalously not worth the money which passed in the transaction: a small cardboard box with apparently nothing inside, for instance, or one of those carefully closed yellow flimsy envelopes, or a soiled volume in paper covers with a promising title. The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context Trabb, taking down a roll of cloth, and tiding it out in a flowing manner over the counter, preparatory to getting his hand under it to show the gloss, "is a very sweet article. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context			out of whole cloth out of work out on a limb out on bail out on the town out the window out to lunch out to win out West Out, please out-of-bounds out-of-date out-of-pocket expenses outset outside outside of outstay welcome oven over a barrel over again over and above over easy over head over my dead body Over my dead body! over the counter over the edge over the hill over the hump over the line over the long haul over the long term over the moon over the short haul over the short term over the top over the wall over-egg the pudding overboard overdo it overdose overdrive overflow overflow into overflow with overplay hand overstep overstep bounds overstep the mark owe owe a debt of gratitude			Over the Air Activation Signal Over the Air Configuration Over the Air Customisation Over the Air Device Management Over The Air Focus Group Over the Air Folder Management Over the Air Key Distribution Over the Air Key Transfer Over the Air Programming Over The Air Provisioning Over The Air Receive Over the Air Service Programming Over the Air Service Provisioning Function Over the Air Software Loading Over the Air Transfer Over the Air Transmit Over the Air Update Over The Air Zeroize Over the Bars Over the Bars Club Over the Beach over the beach operations Over the border Over the Bridge over the counter Over The Counter Bulletin Board Over The Counter Bulletin Board Over the Counter Culture Over the counter drugs Over the counter drugs Over the counter drugs Over the Counter Exchange of India Over the Counter Histamine 2 Blockers Over the Counter Histamine2 Blocker over the counter m over the counter m over the counter m Over the Counter Market Over the Counter Market Over the Counter Market Over the Counter Markets Over the Counter Markets Over the Counter Markets over the counter medications Over the Counter Medicine Over the Counter Option Over the Counter Options Over the Counter Securities Over the Counter Securities Over the Counter Securities over the counter security over the counter security over the counter security over the counter stock over the counter stock

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