over the hump

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over the hump

1. Fig. over the hard part; past the midpoint. Things should be easy from now on. We finally got over the hump. When you get over the hump, life is much better.

2. intoxicated on drugs. Harry is over the hump now. He is stoned. This stuff makes you sick at first. Then suddenly you are over the hump and floating.

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Only this week I saw a police pursuit programme on TV in which a yob drove a stolen car flat out over the humps, virtually writing it off. Time has come for end to road humps by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) Former West Dyke Road resident Brian Earl today said the noise from traffic over the humps forced him out of the bungalow he had lived in for 14 years. Bumpy ride! by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Ian said: "My wife and I couldn't get to sleep with all the noise from lorries going over the hump. Tired Ian smashes up hump by The Mirror (London, England)			out on bail out on the town out the window out to lunch out to win out West Out, please out-of-bounds out-of-date out-of-pocket expenses outset outside outside of outstay welcome oven over a barrel over again over and above over easy over head over my dead body Over my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 owe it to to owing to owl			Over the Counter Trading Over the Counter Trading Over the Counter-Strike Over the Edge Over the Edge Over the Edge Customs Over The Edge Entertainment Over the Falls Over the Fence Over the Frail Dream Over the Garden Wall Over the Glasses Over the head of Over the Hedge over the hill over the hill over the hill over the hill Over The Hill Gang Over the Hill Gang, International Over the Hill Hockey Over the Hills and Far Away over the hooks Over The Horizon Backscatter Over the Horizon Detection System Over the Horizon Forces Over the horizon radar Over the horizon radar Over the Horizon Tactical Tracking System Over the Horizon Target Control System over the hump Over the knee Over the knee Over the knee Over the left Over the left shoulder Over the line Over the line over the long haul over the long term Over the Monster Over the Moon Over the Moon Over the Mountain Glass Over the Opening Over the Phone Over the Phone Interpretation Over the Phone Interpreting Over the Rainbow Over the Rainbow Bridge Over the Rhine Chamber of Commerce Over The Road over the short haul over the short term Over The Shoulder Over the Shoulder Baby Holder Over the shoulder boulder holder Over the shoulder boulder holder Over the Shoulder Learning Over The Shoulder Restraints

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