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Some supposedly "Christian" organizations have been running an interesting game for years now--but in 2014, I think the jig is up.

He did not take a step—do a jig—without calculating the odds.

The Iraqi could barely repress his glee, and did a kind of jig as he walked across the room.

WIN: Washing Machine  Everyone can do a Harlem Style jig, even the non-humans.

In the end, the case was referred to the Nassau County District Attorney, and the jig was up.

I wanted her to be there when its full import broke upon him; then the three of us, Mary and Tim and I, would do a wild jig.

Everybody was laughing and singing to the tune of an Irish jig that Norah's father was playing on the bagpipes.

Nor did I release her until Whistling Jim, coming up and realizing the situation, celebrated it by whistling a jig.

And who should he spy in a jig, With a meal-man so tall and so big,But his own darling Kate, so gay and so nate?

From what he hears, or knows, he gathers, that the jig is up.

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jig, such as: accomplishment, antic, artifice, caper, catch, and deception.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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