Expressions (A–Z)
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B
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Basic rule / basic law / precedent / basis / origin
A significant matter or law that serves as a foundation and precedent for simila...
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C
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corner stone / key-stone / headstone
The top stone placed at the uppermost point of an architectural arch. Figurative...
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corner-stone
A stone (often laid ceremonially) as the foundation of a building being construc...
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D
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Destroyed to the foundation
See: "To the foundation."
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E
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Established Foundation
A principal foundation. An organizational basis.
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F
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Foundation of the Ascent/ Yesud Hama'alah (a settlement in Israel)
One of the first settlements in the Upper Galilee in the modern era ("ma'alah" m...
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foundation stone
Figuratively: a basic and essential foundation.
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Fundamentally mistaken / based on an error
Based on an error or inaccuracy; fundamentally mistaken.
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H
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He laid the cornerstone.
See: "He laid the cornerstone."
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I
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Implied from a general principle
See: "from a general principle."
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