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jump offTo move from an elevated place by one jump.Rate it:

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jump offTo participate in the final round of an equestrian showjumping event.Rate it:

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Jump off the Deep EndTo become deeply involved in something without thinking about its end result, to have deep emotional involvementRate it:

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jump the gunTo begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.Rate it:

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Keep a Straight FaceTo hold oneself off laughing, to abstain from laughingRate it:

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keep offTo stay or cause to stay at a distance.Rate it:

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Keep Something under Your HatTo hold off disclosing something, not to reveal something secretRate it:

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keep the wolf from the doorTo ward off poverty or hunger.Rate it:

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key offTo take as a controlling input datum.Rate it:

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key offTo collide with ; or connect to an object with a degree of force and soundRate it:

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key upTo raise off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.Rate it:

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kick offTo make the first kick in a game or part of a game.Rate it:

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kick offTo force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.Rate it:

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kick offTo shut down or turn_off suddenly.Rate it:

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kick offTo start; to launch.Rate it:

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kick off the teamIn sports, to dismiss an athlete from a team, usually for misconduct, poor academic performance or other offenses.Rate it:

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kick over the tracesTo throw off all restraint.Rate it:

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kill offTo eliminate, or make extinct.Rate it:

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kill offTo represent or portray as being dead.Rate it:

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kiss offto dismiss casuallyRate it:

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kiss offto bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.Rate it:

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knick offAlternative form of nick offRate it:

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knock it offStop doing something; desist.Rate it:

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knock offAn imitation, especially one of poorer quality.Rate it:

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knock on woodA self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.Rate it:

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knock on woodTo take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted my a presumptuous statement.Rate it:

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knock outTo complete, especially in haste; knock off.Rate it:

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knock somebody's socks offTo impress greatly; amaze; stun.Rate it:

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knock someone off his perchTo defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position.Rate it:

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knock someone's block offTo strike a person in the head, causing him to fall to the ground, especially in an unconscious condition; to beat up a person.Rate it:

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knock someone's socks offTo impress greatly; amaze; stun.Rate it:

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Knock Your Socks OffTo startle, shock, thrill, astonish, or amaze someoneRate it:

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knock-on effectThe continued running of an engine after the ignition has been turned off; dieseling.Rate it:

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l'union fait la forceUnited we stand, divided we fall.Rate it:

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la loi passa d'embléeThe law passed straight off, by acclamation.Rate it:

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laugh offTo respond to a negative situation lightheartedly, as though it were a joke.Rate it:

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laugh one's head offTo laugh uproariouslyRate it:

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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:

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lay offFrom employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume, often with a severance package.Rate it:

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lay offAlone.Rate it:

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lay offTo place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.Rate it:

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lay offmade redundantRate it:

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le voleur fuyait, mais nous étions à ses troussesThe thief made off, but we were at his heels.Rate it:

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lead offThe short distance that a player stands away from their current base.Rate it:

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lead offThe first batter in the batting order.Rate it:

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lead offThe first batter of an inning.Rate it:

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leave offTo desist; to cease.Rate it:

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leave offTo omit.Rate it:

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leave offTo stop with a view to resuming at a later point.Rate it:

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left fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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