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fill verb ▶ fill a blanket to roll a cigarette US- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 83, 1949
▶ fill the bill to fulfil requirements, to meet the need US, 1880- If you enjoy a lively nightlife, the area all around the Bund will fill the bill. — The Guardian, 24 February 2003
▶ fill your boots- to do whatever it is you want very much to do, but are hesitating over CANADA
This is a Nova Scotia encouraging injunction. It has been suggested that it derives from either the pursuit of fish while wearing high-top wading boots or the effect on the bowels of extreme enjoyment after restraint. - — Lewis Poteet, The South Shore Phrase Book, p. 45, 1999
- to have as much of something as you want or need; to do some activity to its limit UK
- — Susie Dent, The Language Report, p. 81, 2003
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