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

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leave offTo omit.Rate it:

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leave offTo desist; to cease.Rate it:

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

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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let her ripTo set off or allow to begin.Rate it:

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let offTo cause to explode.Rate it:

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let offTo forgive and not punish.Rate it:

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let off the hookTo forgive without consequencesRate it:

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let the puppies breathetake your shoes off and let your feet (puppies) breatheRate it:

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level offto get to a stable level, to cease oscillatingRate it:

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liber inscribitur Laelius (Off. 2. 9. 30)the book is entitled "Laelius".Rate it:

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lick one's woundsHe's just off licking his wounds. He'll be back to try again.Rate it:

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lick the pants offTo thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.Rate it:

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lie offTo remain at a safe distance fromRate it:

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lift offTo take offRate it:

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lighten upTo ease up; back off; slow down.Rate it:

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like a chicken with its head cut offIn a frantic, disorganized manner.Rate it:

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like a chicken with its head cut offAlways on the move; in a frenzied manner; jumping around crazily in every direction.Rate it:

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like water off a duck's backWithout immediate or lasting effects.Rate it:

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lip offTo speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.Rate it:

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Live High Off the HogTo live in luxurious way, having many expensive things, to be affluentRate it:

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live offto depend on financiallyRate it:

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LMFAOInitialism of laughing my fucking ass off.Rate it:

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log offTo depart from conversation; to say goodbye.Rate it:

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log offTo log out.Rate it:

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long ways, long liesSomeone who comes back from a far-off country can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.Rate it:

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look offTo mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.Rate it:

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look offTo put off by one's facial expression.Rate it:

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louse aroundTo slack off; be lazy; be a "parasite" to someone/something.Rate it:

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love affair without bells and whistlesA love sincere, true not a false love for show, flaunt, meant to draw attention, love affair based on material things to impress others and/or show offRate it:

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luxuria diffluere (Off. 1. 30. 106)to be abandoned to a life of excess.Rate it:

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make awayTo depart, leave; to make off.Rate it:

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make it rainto throw a substantial amount of paper money so that it falls on a crowd, audience, performer, or group of performers, often as a way to show off one's wealthRate it:

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make offTo run away; to exit.Rate it:

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make off withTo steal something and run.Rate it:

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mark offTo separate by or as with a boundary line.Rate it:

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mark offTo indicate as dealt with, as on a list.Rate it:

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marry offto force someone to get married, usually a relative.Rate it:

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mediocritatem tenere (Off. 1. 25. 89)to observe the golden mean.Rate it:

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