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price on one's headA compensation for capturing or killing a person, especially someone guilty of a crime.Rate it:

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price outTo compute the total price of something.Rate it:

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price outTo exclude by means of a high price.Rate it:

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price out of the marketTo charge an exorbitant price for a service or product so that no one will purchase it.Rate it:

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prick upto rise and become more alertRate it:

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prick up one's earsTo listen attentively.Rate it:

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prim and properprudish, straight-lacedRate it:

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primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedereto give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one.Rate it:

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prime of lifeThe period of one's mature life when one is at a peak of health and performance.Rate it:

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principatu deici (B. G. 7. 63)to be deposed from one's leading position.Rate it:

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print outAlternative form of printoutRate it:

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private languageUsed other than as an idiom: see private, language.Rate it:

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private languageA language which expresses one's inner thoughts, feelings, or experiences but which cannot be used for communication, since it is known to and understandable by only one person-the existence of which was famously argued by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) to be impossible.Rate it:

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pro aris et focis pugnare, certare, dimicareto fight for hearth and home.Rate it:

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pro viribus eniti et laborare, utto strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.Rate it:

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problem childA child who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self-control and disruptive and antisocial behavior.Rate it:

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procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defertthe storm drives some one on an unknown coast.Rate it:

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proelio concurritur (Sall. Iug. 59)the lines charge in battle one on another.Rate it:

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professional victimA person who makes it their business to appear perpetually offended and victimized.Rate it:

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professional victimA person who sets himself or herself up to be an accident victim in order to collect insurance payments or compensation payments, or to get other benefits.Rate it:

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progressive loveA committed open relationship based on boosting the love and affection opportunities available for one's partnerRate it:

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proiici inhumatum (in publicum)to be cast out unburied.Rate it:

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promettre et tenir sont deuxIt is one thing to promise, another to perform.Rate it:

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Promised LandAny place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.Rate it:

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promisso stareto abide by one's undertaking.Rate it:

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promittere crinem, barbamto grow one's hair, beard long.Rate it:

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promptDone quickly and fast. Doing it with no hesitationRate it:

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promunturium in mare procurrita promontory juts out into the sea.Rate it:

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prone outIn order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.Rate it:

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pronunciamientoA military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century. They received this designation because coups were usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.Rate it:

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propositum assequi, peragereto carry out one's plan.Rate it:

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propositum, consilium tenere (opp. a proposito deterreri)to abide by one's resolution.Rate it:

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propre à tout et bon à rienJack of all trades and master of none.Rate it:

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props-upFist bump and thumbs up at the same time Gives a appreciation approvalRate it:

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prospectus est ad aliquidone has a view over...; one is able to see as far as...Rate it:

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protest too muchTo insist so passionately about something not being true that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.Rate it:

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prove outTo demonstrate the feasibility of.Rate it:

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proverbium vetustate or sermone tritum (vid. sect. II. 3, note tritus...)an old proverb which every one knows.Rate it:

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proverbs come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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provinciam alicui decernere, mandareto entrust some one with an official duty, a province.Rate it:

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psych outTo outsmart.Rate it:

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psych outTo unnerve.Rate it:

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psyched upIn a state of heightened mental preparedness for a difficult or hazardous enterprise, or one where success is particularly sought.Rate it:

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PTALAcronym of please take another look; please review and comment at the proposed change to software source code.Rate it:

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pub-crawlto visit, and drink in, numerous pubs or bars in succession.Rate it:

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public commentInput given by the public to governmental (or rarely other) bodies, about proposed legislation or regulation(s), during a period-and by means-set aside and prescribed by law.Rate it:

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public commentUsed other than as an idiom: see public, comment.Rate it:

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public enemy number oneA person who ranks highest on the federal government's prioritized list of wanted criminal fugitives.Rate it:

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public enemy number oneA person, organization, or other object considered to be particularly menacing, harmful, or loathsome.Rate it:

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