(simile) To utter loud, high-pitched squeals.

(chiefly Britain) Alternative form of get a word in edgewise

(US, usually in the negative) To break into or participate in a conversation.

(informal, idiomatic) To go from a standing position to a sitting one.

A high magistrate's title under the doge of independent Genoa.

(idiomatic) in a no-win situation.

In a state of nervousness or anxiety; agitated.

(idiomatic) To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.

It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.

(idiomatic) To conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.