(Ireland, historical) Electoral strategy pursued by the Irish Republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s, where elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued military operations against the British Army and RUC.

(biblical) The fifth book in the New Testament of the Bible.

(UK) At the limit of one’s patience; frustrated or annoyed.

(biblical) A deuterocanonical, apocryphal book of the Bible.

If one does not discipline a child, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.

(idiomatic) In the correct position; on target; precisely accurate; accurately.

(idiomatic) To have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled.

(idiomatic, Britain) Out for a night on the town.

Illicit, obtained or sold furtively.

(idiomatic, UK, dated) A secret pledge that one makes for another.