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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 start; to launch.Rate it:

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kick offTo shut down or turn_off suddenly.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 bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.Rate it:

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kiss offto dismiss casuallyRate it:

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knick offAlternative form of nick offRate it:

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knock backTo drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly or often.Rate 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 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 on woodA self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.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 upTo gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.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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know like the back of one's handTo be intimately knowledgeable about something, especially a place.Rate it:

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la goutte d'eau qui fait d%c3%a9border le vaseThe final thing that is too much and forces a reaction; the straw that broke the camel's back.Rate it:

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la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vasethe straw that broke the camel's backRate 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 backTo make a short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.Rate it:

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lay backTo lie down on one's back; to lie back.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 offTo place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.Rate it:

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lay offAlone.Rate it:

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lay offmade redundantRate it:

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le vin est tiré, il faut le boireYou have gone too far now to draw back; In for a penny, in for a pound.Rate 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 stop with a view to resuming at a later point.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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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.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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