limp in
limp in
1. Literally, to enter (some place) while walking lamely or irregularly, especially due to injury. I asked Tommy what had happened as he came limping in the door. The dog was missing for two days before it finally came limping in.
2. To move or travel in (to some place) with halting or unsteady progress, especially on or in a vehicle. The car was in such bad shape by the time we limped in to Las Vegas that I thought the engine would burst into flames right then and there.
3. In community poker, such as Texas hold 'em, to match the existing bet without raising before the community cards have been dealt. Limping in often makes you an easy target for stronger players.
See also: limp
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- literally
- Dutch reckoning
- beat the daylights out of
- beat the hell out of
- beat the living daylights out of
- beat the living daylights out of someone
- beat the tar out of
- beat/knock/kick the hell out of somebody/something
- beat/scare the daylights out of somebody