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Definition of zero in on
zero in on
verb
- to ignore distractions and focus intently on.
Citation from "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "The List", The Office (US) (TV), Season 8 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Dec 22 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'in': | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
| Definitions include: to intrude. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
Other terms relating to 'on': | |
| Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: See on (one's) plate. | |
| Definitions include: useless. | |
| Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic. | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
| Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
| Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone. | |
| Definitions include: to be involved with. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
Other terms relating to 'zero': | |
| Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: in jail | |
| Definitions include: pulling oneself up. | |
| Definitions include: an unpopular person. | |
| Definitions include: no chill. | |
| Definitions include: a very early time in the morning. | |
| Definitions include: a very late - or very early - time of the day. | |
| Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public. | |
| Definitions include: scheduled start time. | |
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