: to move the buttocks over
Could you scooch over a drop?
rustle up
: to get, to find
I asked my wife if she could rustle up an old t-shirt so I could wear it to fix the car.
I'm sure if we get hungry on the trip, we'll be able to rustle up something to eat.
under the counter
: ((of goods bought or sold in a shop)) secretly or illegally
The pharmacist at the neighborhood drug store was arrested for selling prescription drugs under the counter.
Jerome told me that he knows where to buy under the counter cigarettes. They are cheaper than legal cigarettes, because no taxes have been paid for them.
smell a rat
: to suspect that sth is wrong about a situation
Tom said that he had nothing to do with me getting fired, but I smell a rat.
Karen says she smelled a rat when she talked to Mel. She thinks Mel stole the money.
jump bail
: to run away when bailing out
When George was arrested for drung trafficking, he jumped bail and moved to Mexico.
I was arreted for killing the man who killed my father! But I jumped bail, and now I am on the run.
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