(set phrase, focus) mostly, generally; with few exceptions

An equal mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen, used as a mild analgesic and anaesthetic, particularly during childbirth, for dental procedures, and in emergency medicine.

(idiomatic) In a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback.

A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall

(games) A game where the players have to hide and one has to seek them out.

Bread spread with butter or margarine that has been scraped off again so as to leave only a thin layer.

(US, military slang, used by fighter pilots) To take off.

(informal) swearing, cursing.

present participle of eff and blind

(Britain, slang) To swear; to use swear words.