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lift up	To lighten the mood of someone.	Rate it: (2.00 / 2 votes)
lift a finger	To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lift off	To take off	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lift someone's spirits	to cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lift up	To elevate to a higher position.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pump iron	To lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
jack up	To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
hold up	To support or lift.	Rate it: (3.50 / 4 votes)
fly like a rock	to travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic lift	Rate it: (3.33 / 3 votes)
hike up	To lift; to tug or pull upwards.	Rate it: (3.00 / 3 votes)
pull up	Lift upwards or vertically.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
run back	To take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
dumb waiter	restaurant lift	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
thumb-wars	Interlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
angle of attack	The angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
applaudir un acteur à tout rompre	To applaud an actor so as to bring the house down (to lift the roof).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
break ground	To lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la courte échelle à quelqu'un	To allow some one to climb on one’s shoulders to scale a height; To give a lift to some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get a leg up	To get a boost or a lift.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lighter than air	Reference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pick up	To lift; to grasp and raise.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sordini levati	lift the mutes; remove the dampers	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)