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rattle around in

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rattle around in something 
1. Lit. to make a rattling noise inside something. What is rattling around in this package? There is something rattling around in my glove compartment.
2. Fig. to ride about in a vehicle with a rattle. I am perfectly happy to rattle around in my ten-year-old car. Todd rattles around in his grandfather's old car.
3. Fig. to live in a place that is much too big. We have been rattling around in this big old house for long enough. Let's move to a smaller place. I can't afford to rattle around in a three-story house any longer.
See also: around, rattle


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But it's the tear-jerking climax - when Justin gets his moment of glory in West Side Story just as tragedy rips through the Suarez family - that will rattle around in your head until series two.
I was shocked that she said flu used to be the old man's friend and that nowaways the elderly rattle around in their big houses.
We'll be staying put for a bit - the kids are at university now so we rattle around in this big house with three bathrooms but I've no inclination to go anywhere else.
 
 
 
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