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1. get-out, phr. View full entry 1838
...Phr. as or like (all) get-out, used to indicate a high degree of something....
2. laissez vibrer, phr. View full entry 1907
...A musical instruction used to indicate that a note played by striking (esp. cymbals) or plucking should be allowed to fade away without damping....
3. rim ram ruff, phr. and n. View full entry c1405
...Used by Chaucer to evoke the effect of medieval alliterative verse. Cf. raffObs.rare....
4. volti subito, phr. View full entry 1724
...As a musical direction: ‘turn (the page) quickly’; abbreviated V.S. Also in extended use: quickly. Also occas. as : an instruction to do this. Cf. subito...
