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dispose ofTo have available, or at one's disposal.Rate it:

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dissipare rem familiarem (suam)to squander all one's property.Rate it:

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divide and conquerA combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.(computing) Applied to various algorithms, such as quicksort, that solve a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.(as imperative, proverb) In order to rule securely, don't allow alliances of your enemies.Rate it:

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doTo have as one's job.Rate it:

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doto have a purpose or reasonRate it:

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doTo have sex with.Rate it:

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doTo have.Rate it:

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do not enterSigns along the road to indicate this is a one way street.Rate it:

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do not wantUsed to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.Rate it:

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do oneTo depart from a place, often with a sense of urgency.Rate it:

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do one's bitTo make an individual contribution toward an overall effort.Rate it:

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do one's blockTo become enraged.Rate it:

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do one's businessTo ruin somebody.Rate it:

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do one's businessto defecate or urinateRate it:

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do one's damnedestTo do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.Rate it:

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do one's darnedestTo do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.Rate it:

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do one's thingTo do what one habitually does.Rate it:

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do one's utmostTo make the greatest possible effort.Rate it:

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do something with mirrorsTo insinuate one has performed a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, insinuating trickery and sham.Rate it:

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do something with mirrorsTo jokingly pretend that one did something using magic mirrors, that one is a magician; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained.Rate it:

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do the deedTo have sex.Rate it:

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do the mathYou can do the calculation yourself, with the implication that you don't have to trust someone else's assertions.Rate it:

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do unto others as you would have them do unto youOne should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself; an expression of the golden rule.Rate it:

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do wantUsed as an expression to indicate one's desire to have something.Rate it:

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do with mirrorsTo jokingly pretend that one did something using magic mirrors, that one is a magician; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained.Rate it:

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do you come here oftenA common phrase for initiating conversation with a stranger, especially one for seeking romantic involvement.Rate it:

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do you have a boyfriendUsed to ask whether the interlocutor has a boyfriend.Rate it:

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do you have a girlfriendUsed to ask whether the interlocutor has a girlfriend.Rate it:

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do you have a menu in EnglishA question used to ask for a restaurant menu in the English languageRate it:

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do you have any brothers or sistersUsed to ask whether someone has any siblings.Rate it:

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do you have any petsUsed to ask whether the interlocutor is an owner of pets.Rate it:

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do you have childrenUsed to ask whether somebody is a parent of children.Rate it:

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do you have Wi-FiAsks if there is any available Wi-Fi connection.Rate it:

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do you know who I amAn arrogant expression of one's importance.Rate it:

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docere aliquem fidibusto teach some one to play a stringed instrument.Rate it:

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does Dolly Parton sleep on her backSynonym of is the Pope CatholicRate it:

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does macy's tell gimbel's(US, dated, colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question with the implied answer being that competitors do not share business secrets with one another.Rate it:

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doesn't have both oars in the watercrazyRate it:

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doesn't have two nickels to rub togetherReference an individual whom from all evidence and appearances is badly bent and broken relative to personal finances.Rate it:

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dog and catA team comprised of one male and one female, who are either working as associates or where one is the second in command to the other.Rate it:

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dog in a mangerone who denies others what he cannot consume himself: hay in a manger (cattle feeder) cannot be eaten by cows if a (barking) dog is in it - though dogs don't eat hayRate it:

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dog in the huntThis is often used erroneously to indicate that one has no stake in the outcome. As such this is a bastardization of two Southern idioms: "no dog in the fight," and "that dog won't hunt." (The latter indicates something is a bad idea or prone to fail.) Use of the phrase "no dog in the hunt" when one wishes to indicate they have no "dog in the fight" will generate funny glances from any Southerners who overhear it.Rate it:

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dog in the huntLiterally, ownership of one of several canines participating in the group pursuit of game or fowl.Rate it:

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Dog's LifeA be miserable and awful, to have harsh survival without much pleasure or prosperityRate it:

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domestica (externa) nosseto be acquainted with the history of one's own land.Rate it:

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domi (opp. foris)at home; in one's native country.Rate it:

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dominari in aliquemto have unlimited power over a person.Rate it:

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domino effectAn accumulation of events where one event is triggered by the previous eventRate it:

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don't bite the hand that feeds youTo cause harm to a benefactor.Rate it:

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don't bite the hand that feeds youDon't do something bad to the person who does something for you.Rate it:

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