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[handle to one's name] {n. phr.}, {slang} A special title used before your name. * /Jim's father has a handle to his name. He is Major Watson./ * /Bob came […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[fly off the handle] {v. phr.}, {informal} To become very angry. * /John flew off the handle whenever Mary made a mistake./ * /The children's noise made the man next […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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