Definition of use in anger

use in anger

verb

• to use for a real task, as opposed to just testing it out.

  Has anyone used this in anger?

  Last edited on Sep 29 2017. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 29 2017.

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Other terms relating to 'in':
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.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'use':
as much use as a chocolate fireguard	Definitions include: useless.
as much use as a chocolate teapot	Definitions include: useless.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
use	Definitions include: to habitually take a drug or drink alcohol.
use coffee	Definitions include: use coffee
use (one's) words	Definitions include: to speak rather than resort to violence.
USer	Definitions include: a resident or citizen of the United States.
use-ta could	Definitions include: "use to be able to".

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