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let the door hit you where the good Lord split youA command that another person leave, thereby impliedly having the door hit them on the buttocks as they pass through it.Rate it:
let the good times rollTo have fun or live fully; may imply letting things that are going well proceed.Rate it:
let the grass grow under one's feetTo be idle; to fail to make progress.Rate it:
let the perfect be the enemy of the goodTo insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal.Rate it:
let the puppies breathetake your shoes off and let your feet (puppies) breatheRate it:
let them have itTo attack a group, or the world in general, with great force.Rate it:
let them have itTo verbally assail a group, or the world in general.Rate it:
let there be lightUsed as a metaphor for the spread of wisdomRate it:
let there be lightUsed other than as an idiom: see let, there, be, light.Rate it:
let there be no reprisals, said the widow of the murdered manThe widow urged/begged that there should be no reprisals.Here the speaker could be ordering, advising, urging or begging (let there be) .Rate it:
let upTo lessen.Rate it:
let upslackenRate it:
let your hair downTo relaxRate it:
Let Your Hair DownTo act in a natural way, revealing ones real self, to behave in a free and relaxing mannerRate it:
let's not and say we didIndicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action and does not wish to participate; often said as a joke--sometimes as an expression that the speaker doesn't want to do the proposed action or to indicate that they are happy doing what they are doing and don't want to change that by doing the proposed actionRate it:
let's be having youExpression to encourage someone to hurry up and move somewhere.Rate it:
let's get in onTo get started; get going.Rate it:
let's get the party startedLet's start having fun.Rate it:
let's get the party startedLet's go; let's get this done; let's start more intense action.Rate it:
let's get this party startedAlternative form of let's get the party startedRate it:
let's gohortative of to go.Rate it:
let's goHurry up, be quick.Rate it:
let's golet's fight, bring it onRate it:
let's go brandonMade famous during the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at the Talladega Speedway in Alabama, after Brandon Brown lands his first career win.Rate it:
let's motivateTo depart; get moving.Rate it:
let's rollUsed to suggest that an action should begin.Rate it:
let's seeused as a filled pause to indicating thinking or pondering, but allowing hearer to participateRate it:
let-downA disappointment or anticlimax.Rate it:
letters after one's nameA list of abbreviations, separated by commas, representing the academic qualifications and civil or military honours achieved by a person.Rate it:
level bestThe very best that one can do.Rate it:
level offto get to a stable level, to cease oscillatingRate it:
level outTo become even.Rate it:
level outTo cause to be even.Rate it:
level upTo progress to the next level of player character stats and abilities. Often used in role-playing games when the character has aquired enough experience points.Rate it:
level-headedSensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.Rate it:
lex dubia non obligat(law) A doubtful law is not binding.Rate it:
lez outChiefly of a heterosexual woman, to engage in lesbian activityRate it:
LGTMInitialism of looks good to me.Rate it:
liar liar pants on fireused to taunt a liarRate it:
libel chillUneasiness or unwillingness to speak publicly or to write about a matter, as a result of the threat or suggestion of legal action should one do so.Rate it:
licence to print moneyA means of generating a large income with little effort.Rate it:
licence to print moneyThe authority to print money, usually given to a central bank exclusively as the issuer of currency.Rate it:
lick and a promiseThe hasty or incomplete performance of a task.Rate it:
lick his bootsTo try too hard to please someone important.Rate it:
lick into shapeTo exert considerable effort to change something or someone into a desired state.Rate it:
lick my ballsSynonym of suck my ballsRate it:
lick one's chopsTo look forward avidly to eating something.Rate it:
lick one's chopsTo anticipate something eagerly.Rate it:
lick one's chopsTo use one's tongue to remove moistness from the sides of one's mouth, as when salivating or at the conclusion of a meal.Rate it:
lick one's woundsHe's just off licking his wounds. He'll be back to try again.Rate it:

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