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A wikisite, so people can add definitions anytime

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Let people submit more examples for each idiom. Most of the time idioms need the whole context to get a full meaning. Sometimes the meaning of some idiom only gets clear within a paragraph.
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You can submit idioms here: Submit an Idiom - UsingEnglish.com
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