Prepared to defend or protect against criticism, attack or aggression. / (sports) defending; playing a defensive game

(euphemistic, idiomatic, Britain) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

(euphemistic, idiomatic, US) Synonym of go down the toilet: to fail; to degenerate rapidly.

(idiomatic) In need of refinement; unsophisticated.

(intransitive) At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To exhaust one's financial resources.

The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for it.

(baseball) To get the third out of an inning.

(temporal location, idiomatic, informal) In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered.

(idiomatic) In development; in the process of being made or evolving.

(US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) In secret. / (US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner.