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rug Theme: WIG n. a wig or toupee.Is that guy wearing a rug, or does his scalp really slide from side to side?I wear just a little rug to cover up a shiny spot.
rug noun 1 a hairpiece, especially a poorly executed one US, 1940. 2 pubic hair, especially on a female US, 1964. 3 in horse racing, a heavy horse blanket US, 1976
idiomrug► sweep sth under the rug —see sweep sth under the carpetsb lies like a rug AmEAmE(also you lie like a big dog (on a rug))slang an impolite expression used in order to say that someone is not telling the truth, often used humorously:Honey, you lie like a rug - I never said anything like that!I don't care what Kevin told you - he lies like a big dog, anyway!pull the rug (out) from under sbto suddenly stop supporting someone, or take away something that they depend on for success in a plan or project:What we mustn't do is support the county now, then pull the rug from under their feet at the last minute.The legendary secret service, MI5 has advertised for intelligence officers in a national newspaper, which rather pulls the rug from under all those James Bond films.NoteYou may hear people use other verbs instead of 'pull', to show how suddenly and completely this is done: These people have kids to feed and house payments to make, and now they're having the rug swept from under them by the system they work for.
rug n. a wig or toupee. (see also divot.) I wear just a little rug to cover up a shiny spot. - be (as) snug as a bug in a rug
- brush (something) under the rug
- call on the carpet
- cut a rug
- lie like a rug
- pull the carpet (out) from under (one's) feet
- pull the carpet/rug out from under somebody's feet
- pull the rug
- pull the rug (out) from under (someone)
- pull the rug (out) from under (someone's) feet
- pull the rug from under
- pull the rug from under someone/something
- pull the rug out
- pull the rug out (from (under) one)
- pull the rug out from under
- pull the rug out from under (someone), to
- rug
- rug rat
- rugrat
- sky rug
- sky-piece
- snug as a bug (in a rug)
- snug as a bug in a rug
- sweep (something) under the rug
- sweep (something) under the rug, to
- sweep something under the rug
- sweep under the rug
- under the rug
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