(idiomatic) To win all the prizes in a competition. / (card games) To take all of the cards. / (idiomatic) To get enough votes in an election to gain all the seats.

(music) To sing in the style of blues music. / (idiomatic, by extension) To complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purportedly sad situation.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of come out of the closet

present participle of come out of the closet

Alternative form of wag-at-the-wall

(idiomatic, with "the") The unchangeable nature of something.

(of a wall clock) Having an exposed pendulum.

(idiomatic, somewhat dated, Britain, Ireland, New England) A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman as "she", instead of using her name or an appropriately respectful title.

simple past tense of come out of the closet

(idiomatic, often ironic) A common excuse used by debtors to put off creditors