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donner un ouvrage à façonTo put out a job to be done.Rate it:

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dope outto figure out, to find out, find, decipherRate it:

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down and outIn trouble; in a bad time or situation or having very bad luck.Rate it:

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down at heelIn poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby.Rate it:

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down but not outTemporarily incapacitated but not permanently defeated.Rate it:

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down lowAfter asking you to "high five" or saying "up top" someone will then say "down low". This means they are asking you to "high five" or tap the palm of their hand with the palm of your hand down lower--about waist high--as they extend their hand out toward you. If you don't respond timely they may take their hand away and say "too slow" then laugh. It's just something Americans do to have fun.Rate it:

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Down to the WireRight up to the closing date/time, Running out of time;Rate it:

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down with his apple-cartKnock or throw him down.Rate it:

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down-and-outerSomeone who is down and out.Rate it:

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drag outTo haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force.Rate it:

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drag outTo extend or lengthen excessively.Rate it:

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drag something outDelay a decision by dragging, stretching, extending the conversation by injecting incidentals or humdrum history/misinformation/disproved calculations and extrapolations:Rate it:

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drain awayTo diminish over time; to disappear or leak out gradually.Rate it:

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drain outTo empty completely of liquids; to drain completely.Rate it:

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drain outTo be emptied of liquid; to be drained completely.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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draw outTo make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend.Rate it:

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draw outTo use means to entice or force to be more open or talkative.Rate it:

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draw outTo extract, bring out, as concealed information; elicit; educe.Rate it:

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draw outTo improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.Rate it:

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draw outTo physically extract, as blood from a vein.Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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drill in and drill outTo work on something for a small time, before ultimately giving up.Rate it:

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drive outOut of somewhere.Rate it:

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drop outUsed other than as an idiom: see drop, out.Rate it:

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drop outPrematurely and voluntarily leave (school, a race, or the like).Rate it:

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drop out of warpDis-engage the cruise control on the carRate it:

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drown outTo cover, obscure, or hide by being louder than.Rate it:

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drum outTo remove, often unfairly, from an organization or position of responsibility.Rate it:

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dry outTo have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed.Rate it:

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dry outTo sober up; to cease to be drunk.Rate it:

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dub outTo fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.Rate it:

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duck duck gooseA children's game where kids sit in a circle facing each other with their eyes closed. One child is designated "it" and walks around the outside of the circle saying "duck" as he/she touches each child's head. Finally, instead of saying "duck" the person who is it says "goose!" then runs forward around the circle and tries to sit down in the spot where the "goose" was sitting. The goal of the game is for the person who is "it" to sit down before the "goose" catches him/her. If he/she does sit down before being touched/tagged, then the "goose" becomes "it" and the process begins again. If the "goose" catches the person who was "it" then the person who was "it' is out of the game and the circle moves in closer/smaller until only one sitting winner remains.Rate it:

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duck outTo move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.Rate it:

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duck outTo depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.Rate it:

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duck outTo depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.Rate it:

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duke it outTo argue heavily or at length.Rate it:

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duke it outTo fight, especially with the fists.Rate it:

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duke outTo fight, especially with fists.Rate it:

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dum vires suppetuntas long as one's strength holds out.Rate it:

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dumb as a box of rocksVery stupidRate it:

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dumber than a box of rocksvery unintelligent; very stupidRate it:

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dummy outFrom a video game in the process of localizing that game from a foreign country.Rate it:

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dump outTo discard, to throw away, to toss out.Rate it:

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dump outTo empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.Rate it:

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e pluribus unumA national motto of the United States of America, meaning "From many, one", or "out of many, one", referring to the integration of 13 independent colonies into one country, and that has taken an additional meaning, giving the pluralistic nature of American society from immigration.Rate it:

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east of the grainMaking a big deal out of something little.Rate it:

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eat one's heart outTo feel overwhelming sorrow, jealousy or longing, to grieve.Rate it:

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eat one's youngTo betray a constituent or charge out of self-serving interests or desperation; savaging.Rate it:

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eat outTo dine at a restaurant or such public place.Rate it:

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