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laugh downTo cause to cease or desist by laughter.Rate it:
laugh downTo cause to be given up on account of ridicule.Rate it:
laugh in one's sleeveTo laugh secretly or to oneself.Rate it:
laugh like a drainTo laugh with a loud, coarse soundRate it:
laugh like a hyenaTo laugh hystericallyRate it:
laugh offTo respond to a negative situation lightheartedly, as though it were a joke.Rate it:
laugh one's head offTo laugh uproariouslyRate it:
laugh out of courtTo dismiss as silly something presented with genuine conviction or treated seriously.Rate it:
Laugh Out of the Other Side of Your MouthTo made to feel sad after some happiness and excitementRate it:
laugh up one's sleeveTo laugh secretly or to oneself.Rate it:
laughing all the way to the bankA person who has achieved success on a monetary scale when others doubted him.Rate it:
laughing gasnitrous oxideRate it:
laughing stockAn object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; a butt of sport.Rate it:
laughing stockC. 1598, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, sc. 1.Rate it:
laughter is the best medicineIt is healthy to laugh.Rate it:
laundry listHence, a long list of items, especially an exhaustive one.Rate it:
laundry listOriginally, a list of articles of clothing that had been sent to be laundered.Rate it:
laundry on the fieldPenalty flags thrown during a football game.Rate it:
laundry-shareAn arrangement in which owners of usually privately owned washers and dryers who wish to do others’ laundry and community users who choose to have their laundry done nearby, any time of the day, no matter where they are, use a network (such as one accessed through an app or a website) to coordinate the pickup and drop off soiled and cleaned garments, for which the user or soiled garment owner pays the washer (laundry doer) to clean for them.Rate it:
law LatinBarbarous Latin.Rate it:
law of the jungleThe survival of the fittest, strongest or most cunning.Rate it:
lawn sleevesUsed other than as an idiom: see lawn, sleeves.Rate it:
lawn sleevesThe sleeves of a bishop's ceremonial garments.Rate it:
lawn sleevesThe bishops of the Anglican or Roman Catholic churches.Rate it:
lawyer upTo exercise one's right to legal representation, especially on the occasion of refusing to answer law-enforcement officials' questions without the presence of such legal representation.Rate it:
lawyer upTo conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk.Rate it:
lawyer upTo arrange in a way reflecting legal advice.Rate it:
lay a finger onIf you lay a finger on my little brother, I'll have your guts for garters.Rate it:
lay a finger onTo merely touch.Rate it:
lay aboutTo strike blows in all directions.Rate it:
lay aboutTo set about, with infinitive or gerund.Rate it:
lay an eggTo produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.Rate it:
lay an eggTo produce an egg.Rate it:
lay an eggThe act or performance which is substandard in one's capability. An act or performance which is substandard or below the typical level of one's usual production or output: An act, production or presentation of a noxious, negative, repulsive, boorish nature:Rate it:
Lay an EggTo give a pathetic and shaming performance in somethingRate it:
lay asideTo reserve for future use; to save as a backup.Rate it:
lay asideTo put out of consideration.Rate it:
lay backTo lie down on one's back; to lie back.Rate it:
lay backTo make a short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.Rate it:
lay byAlternative form of lay-byRate it:
lay downTo give up, surrender, or yield , usually by placing it on the ground.Rate it:
lay downTo specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate .Rate it:
lay downTo stock, store for the future. See also lay by.Rate it:
lay downTo sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life.".Rate it:
lay downTo lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.Rate it:
lay down the lawTo authoritatively or dogmatically assert what is permitted or not permitted.Rate it:
lay down the lawTo present the law that applies to a given case.Rate it:
lay down the lawTo promulgate law.Rate it:
lay down the markerTo set the standard.Rate it:
lay eggsTo produce a string of failures or flops.Rate it:

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