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push offTo go away; to get lost.Rate it:

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push offto commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.Rate it:

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put backTo return something to it's original place.Rate it:

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put backTo drink fast; to knock down alcohol.Rate it:

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put backTo postpone an arranged event or appointment.Rate it:

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put backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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put downTo drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.Rate it:

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put offTo procrastinate.Rate it:

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put offpostponeRate it:

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put offTo offend, repulse, or frighten.Rate it:

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put one's back intoTo make a strenuous effort to do something.Rate it:

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put someone's back upTo annoy someone deliberately.Rate it:

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put the bee onTo finish off, to beat.Rate it:

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put the clock backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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quae suppeditant ad victum (Off. 1. 4. 12)a livelihood.Rate it:

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quaestui aliquid habere (Off. 2. 3. 13)to make a profit out of something.Rate it:

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qui a bu n'a point de secretsWhen wine sinks, words swim; In vino veritas; Drink washes off the daub, and discovers the man; What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.Rate it:

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qui coupe son nez dégarnit son visageIt is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; He who cuts off his nose spites his own face.Rate it:

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quick off the markfast to act or react.Rate it:

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r.b atchuRight back at youRate it:

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rack offTo go away; to sod off.Rate it:

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rack offUsed other than as an idiom: see rack, off.Rate it:

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radices agere (De Off. 2. 12. 73)to take root.Rate it:

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rag offTo finish by rolling a rag over a coat of paint or glaze.Rate it:

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rain offto cancel (an event) due to excessive rainRate it:

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raise the roofTo cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise.2008 Oct. 15, Leslie Ferenc, "Voters opt for stability of Guarnieri" in the Toronto Star (Canada)Jubilant Liberal supporters raised the roof of a Mississauga restaurant after incumbent Albina Guarnieri was swept back into office for her seventh term.Rate it:

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rake offUsed other than as an idiom: rake off.Rate it:

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rake offTo remove (something from something) in a sweeping motion.Rate it:

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rake over old coalsTo bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.Rate it:

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rark upA telling off.Rate it:

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rat runA small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.Rate it:

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rattle offTo list or recite quickly.Rate it:

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read offTo dictate from a list.Rate it:

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read offTo read from a scale or measure.Rate it:

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rebrousser cheminTo retrace one's steps, to turn back.Rate it:

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reel offTo list effortlessly and quickly.Rate it:

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reel offTo produce (e.g. a performance), in an effortless manner.Rate it:

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rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esseto possess means, to be well off.Rate it:

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rem publicam capessere (Off. 1. 21. 71)to devote oneself to politics, a political career.Rate it:

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rendre gorgeTo have to pay back money unjustly acquired; To disgorge one’s ill-gotten gains.Rate it:

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repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibusto go back to the remote ages.Rate it:

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res repetere (ab aliquo) (Off. 1. 11. 36)to demand satisfaction, restitution.Rate it:

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return to formTo go back to a better, original state.Rate it:

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return to one's muttonsto get back to the business at hand.Rate it:

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revenir de loin1. To come back from a distant place. 2. To recover from a very severe illness.Rate it:

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rhyme offTo list or recite quickly.Rate it:

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ride off into the sunsetA happy ending where everything gets resolvedRate it:

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right backUsed in several informal constructions to indicate return -- especially imminent return to a point of origin.Rate it:

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right back at youAlternative form of back at youRate it:

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right off the reelImmediately, without pause or hesitationRate it:

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