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two (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: twa]
the number 2
::I'll be away for almost two weeks.
::We have to be there by two (=two o'clock) .
::His family moved to Australia when he was two (=two years old) .
in twos
in groups of two people or things
::I'd like you to line up in twos, please.
-see also twosome
put two and two together
to guess the meaning of something you have heard or seen
::I saw him leaving her house and I put two and two together.
that makes two of us
spoken used to tell someone that you are in the same situation and feel the same way
::'But I don't know anything about children!' 'Well, that makes two of us.'
two can play at that game
spoken used to tell someone that they will not have an advantage over you by doing something because you can do it too
a year/a week/a moment/an hour etc or two
spoken one or a few years, weeks etc
two sides of the same coin
used to talk about two ways of looking at the same situation
two heads are better than one
used to say that two people are more likely to solve a problem or think or an idea than one person working alone
be in two minds (about sth)
BrE be of two minds (about sth) AmE to be unable to decide what to do, or what you think about something
::I was in two minds about whether to go with him.
two cents (worth)
AmE informal your opinion or what you want to say about a subject
::Everyone had to put in their two cents worth.
two's company, three's a crowd
used to say that it is better to leave two people alone to spend time with each other
-see also don't care two hoots at hoot 1 (5)
-see also two/three etc of a kind at kind 1 (5)
-see also be two/ten a penny at penny (11)
-see also in ones and twos at one 1 (3)
-see also it takes two to tango at tango 2 (2)
-see also kill two birds with one stone at kill 1 (13)
-see also no two ways about it at way 1 (54)
-see also fall between two stools at fall 1 (32)