nineteen/ten to the dozen
UK informalDefinition
› If you are talking nineteen/ten to the dozen, you are talking very quickly and without stopping.Talking too much
(Definition of nineteen/ten to the dozen from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- barrage noun (ATTACK)
- bend sb's ear idiom
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- have a lot to say for yourself idiom
- keep on phrasal verb
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- overplay your hand idiom
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- talk a blue streak idiom
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