(humorous) The plot thickens.

plural of letter to the editor

plural of kick in the pants

plural of toad in the hole

(idiomatic, intransitive) To run down the clock.

(idiomatic, intransitive, entertainment) To be the best performer during a performance.

plural of therapeutic vaccine

(idiomatic, intransitive) To restore one's life (or a given situation etc.) to a normal state, after a calamity, shock etc.

(idiomatic) To beat very severely. / (idiomatic) To trounce, outdo, or triumph over.

(theology) A Christian doctrine, one of the five points of Calvinism, stating that true believers in Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross (the "saints") cannot relapse and are predestined to salvation.