use one's bean
use one's noodle
use one's noggin
use one's head
To use your brain or mind; think; have common sense. Often used as a command.
If you used your bean you wouldn't be in trouble now.
Never point a gun at anybody, John. Use your head!
vanishing cream
A cosmetic cream for the skin that is used chiefly before face powder.
Mrs. Jones spread vanishing cream on her face before applying her face powder.
visiting nurse
A nurse who goes from home to home taking care of sick people or giving help with other health problems.
After John returned home from the hospital, the visiting nurse came each day to change his bandages.
voiceprint
The graphic pattern derived from converting an individual's voice into a visible graph used by the police for identification purposes, much as fingerprints.
They have succeeded in identifying the murderer by using a voiceprint.
vote in
To elevate to the status of Law of the Land by special or general ballot.
Congress has finally voted in the Brady Law that requires that prospective gun owners wait a special period of time before making their purchase.
wade in
wade into
To go busily to work.
The house was a mess after the party, but Mother waded in and soon had it clean again.
To attack.
When Bill had heard Jim's argument, he waded in and took it apart.
Jack waded into the boys with his fists flying.
waiting list
A list of persons waiting to get into something (as a school).
The nursery school enrollment was complete, so the director put our child's name on the waiting list.
The landlord said there were no vacant apartments available, but that he would put the Rogers' name on the waiting list.
waiting room
The sitting area in a doctor's, lawyer's, accountant's, etc. office, or in a hospital, or other workplace, where people wait their turn.
Some doctor's offices have elegantly furnished waiting rooms with magazines, newspapers, and coffee for the patients.