Sam in Burlington, Vermont, wondered whether fraught can stand alone, as in This situation is fraught, after years of hearing fraught with peril or fraught with worry. The word is related to freight and originally had to do with loading a ship, then...
filet v.— «Closing the deal also would enable CSX to accelerate bridge and rail-bed work to allow passage of double-stacked container-freight trains between Boston and the New York state line. That would mean significant savings for CSX, which now...
run wild v. phr.— «His usual workweek is a five-day, four-night route around California or the Southwest—”running wild” in Wal-Mart trucker parlance—delivering goods to stores, used pallets to warehouses and manufacturers” merchandise to...
