George

by George

old-fashioned A minced oath in which "George" is a substitute for "God."

1. An exclamation of surprise, wonder, or astonishment. By George, I think we've finally blown the case wide open! A: "If you carry the five, then you can solve for X." B: "You're right, by George! How did I not see that?" By George, you've done it again! Congratulations on another election victory.

2. Used to emphasize or intensify one's statement. A: "Tom, what happened to the money I gave you? I thought you were going to take it to the bank." B: "I did, by George—I handed it to the teller myself!" It was a pain in the rear end getting that old lawnmower working again, but by George I did it! We don't have much to work with, but by George we're going to figure out a way to save our business!

See also: by, George

George

slang A draft of air. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "George" is short for "George Raft," which rhymes with "draft." (George Raft was a US actor in the 1930s.) Primarily heard in UK. Can we switch seats? There's a George over here, and I'm freezing! A: "In an old house like this, you'd be lucky to find a room that didn't have a George in it!" B: "Ah, so that's why the house is freezing." Can we put something up against the bottom of the door? There's seems to be a George getting through.

George Raft

slang A draft of air. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "George Raft" rhymes with "draft." (George Raft was a US actor in the 1930s.) Primarily heard in UK. Can we switch seats? There's a George Raft over here, and I'm freezing! A: "In an old house like this, you'd be lucky to find a room that didn't have a George Raft in it!" B: "Ah, so that's why the house is freezing." Can we put something up against the bottom of the door? There's seems to be a George Raft getting through.

See also: George, raft

let George do it

A set expression used to defer responsibility for some task or action to some unspecified other person. A: "We need to run a new batch of reports to account for the changes we made." B: "But the first batch took me three hours to do! Let George do it."

See also: George, let

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Let George do it.

Fig. Let someone else do it: it doesn't matter who. Billie always says, "Let George do it." She is unwilling to help with things that don't interest her.

See also: George, let

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

let George do it

let someone else do the work or take the responsibility.

See also: George, let

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george

1. tv. & in. to copulate [with] a woman. (Usually objectionable.) He was in the back room georging some dame.

2. in. to defecate. (Usually objectionable.) Man, I gotta george!

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