(transitive) To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.

(politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.

(UK, Canada, idiomatic) Alternative form of laugh in one's sleeve.

present participle of put on the block

(slang) To sell something. / (euphemistic) To execute by beheading.

plural of 5 o'clock shadow

(US, Canada, idiomatic) to laugh in secret or to oneself, usually gloatingly

simple past tense and past participle of pull one's head in

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pull one's head in

present participle of pull one's head in