Definition of circled the wagons

circle the wagons

verb

• to defend against an attack.

  An inspector from corporate will be in the office next week. We need to work together to circle the wagons.

  Last edited on Jul 27 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'circle':
circle	Definitions include: a social group.
circle jerk	Definitions include: a sexual practice in which a group of men stand in a circle and engage in mutual masturbation, with or without interpersonal contact.
circles	Definitions include: breasts.
circle the drain	Definitions include: to be near failure or death.
CTD	Definitions include: acronym for "circling the drain" (i.e. about to die,) used on medical charts by doctors in the UK.
square the circle	Definitions include: four right angled knife cuts to remove the dead animal's anus from its hide, to facilitate the hide's removal from the carcass.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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Other terms relating to 'wagon':
cheese wagon	Definitions include: a yellow school bus.
crap wagon	Definitions include: a junky car
drag (one's) wagon	Definitions include: to be exhausted.
fall off the wagon	Definitions include: to resume drinking alcohol or doing drugs after a period of sobriety.
honey wagon	Definitions include: a fixed, portable toilet; "porta-a-potty".
jack wagon	Definitions include: see jackwagon.
jag-wagon	Definitions include: a general insult.
meat wagon	Definitions include: an ambulance.
off the wagon	Definitions include: adjective form of fall off the wagon.
on the wagon	Definitions include: not drinking alcohol.
pie wagon	Definitions include: a very large or obese woman.
rape wagon	Definitions include: crappy or scary car (piece of shit car).
shagging wagon	Definitions include: a motor vehicle in which one shags - i.e. has sex.
warrant wagon	Definitions include: term used by law enforcement to refer to a decrepit automobile, due to the belief that the occupants likely have arrest warrants.
woody wagon	Definitions include: a type of Ford Station wagon with real wood inlays on the sides to make it look rustic

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