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nature noun the penis; sexual arousal US, 2002
idiomnatureappeal to sb's better natureCharacter/personality to try to persuade someone to do what you want by telling them it is a good, kind etc thing to do:Cecilia tried another plan, appealing to her sister's better nature.There was no point in appealing to his better nature when he clearly didn't have one.let nature take its course(also let time, life, fate etc take its course)to wait for something to develop in the usual or most natural way:When Bob fell in love with my sister, I just stayed away and let nature take its course.Instead of trying to prevent an investigation this time, they let justice take its course.the nature of the beastthe most basic and important feature or quality of the situation, activity, or person you are talking about:Producing a magazine or newspaper by traditional methods is a slow process simply because of the nature of the beast.It's easy to change the goods you sell and the prices, but it's harder to change the nature of the beast - the structure of the company itself.
See:- (mother) nature's (something)
- (one's) better nature
- (that's) the nature of the beast
- a call of nature
- against nature
- allow nature to take its course
- answer nature's call
- answer the call of nature
- back to nature
- be second nature
- by nature
- call of nature
- course of nature
- debt to nature
- force of nature
- freak of nature
- get back to nature
- good nature
- in a state of nature
- in the nature of (something)
- in the nature of sth
- in the nature of things
- let nature take its course
- Mother Nature
- mother nature’s
- Nature abhors a vacuum
- nature stop
- nature’s call
- nature's call
- nature's way of (doing something)
- second nature
- second nature to
- self-preservation is the first law of nature
- the forces of nature
- the nature of the beast
- your better nature
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