(UK, slang) Hard at work; preparing oneself to work hard.

(poker slang) A poker hand that has four cards to a straight, where there are two different ranked cards that will complete the straight. E.g. 4-5-6-7, either a 3 or 8 could make a straight. It is used only when the player has not yet received all the cards she will receive for a particular hand.

(poker, slang) An open ended straight draw

plural of up and down straight draw

plural of up-and-down straight draw

(figuratively or symbolically) To go on strike.

(idiomatic, of the technique for committing suicide) Along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.

(idiomatic, of food or drink) To go down the trachea (windpipe) in one's throat instead of the esophagus (the tube in the throat for swallowed food and fluids), typically resulting in coughing or choking.

Alternative form of take down a notch

(baseball) The recording of three outs in an inning without allowing a batter to reach first base.