Alternative form of have the world by the tail

Alternative form of have the world by the tail

Alternative form of have the world by the tail

Alternative form of have the world by the tail

a person who, although present at some event without taking part in it, is affected by it deleteriously

Alternative form of byrunning

Alternative form of byrunning

(dated) on the sly

(transitive, idiomatic) To make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.

(nautical) To loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.