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lick one's chops

To anticipate something eagerly.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'lick one's chops':

lick one's chopsTo look forward avidly to eating something.
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.
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