The Other Dictionary

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undefined: Discovery of knickers

underarm: Give too few weapons

underbrush: Fail to clean teeth properly

underdog: Fail to pursue closely enough

undergo: Not travel far enough

underhand: Not pass on far enough

underlying: Not telling enough untruths

undermine: Over yours

underpass: Fail to play the ball far enough

underpin: Not fasten enough

undersea: Not have enough vision

understand: Sit or lie around too much

understudy: Fail to revise enough for exams

underwater: Fail to give plants enough to drink

underwear: Use clothes too little

unicorn: Exhort listener to apply leg joint violently to cereal crop

uniform: Exhort listener to apply leg joint violently to shape

unit: Exhort listener to make a woolly jumper

unite: Tarzan informs listener of status as British nobleman

universe: Exhort listener to apply leg joint violently to poem

untoward: In the direction of the patients’ room

upbeat: Raise rhythm

update: Romantic rendezvous on high

uplift: One-way elevator to top

uproot: Way to the top

upset: Top group

upsurge: Strong feeling for good times

urbane: Make mistake with nemesis

urchin: Make mistake with end of jaw

urgent: make mistake with polite man

urine: But I’m out

utilise: Exhortation to listener to plough optical organs

utopian: Exhort listener to put foot digit on song