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put upTo store away.Rate it:

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put upto build or as past tense, builtRate it:

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put up one's dukesPrepare to fight; literally, to raise your fists.Rate it:

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put up or shut upDesist from saying something unless one is able to prove it.Rate it:

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put up toTo encourage or trick to perform an action which is foolish or wrong.Rate it:

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put up withTo tolerate, suffer through, or allow, esp. something annoying.Rate it:

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put upontake advantage ofRate it:

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put wool over one's eyesdeceive someoneRate it:

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put words in somebody's mouthTo attribute to somebody something he or she did not say; to claim inaccurately that somebody said or intended something.Rate it:

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put words in someone's mouthTo say or imply that someone has said something which he or she did not precisely or directly say.Rate it:

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put words in someone's mouthTo encourage or induce someone to appear to assert something by asking a leading question or by otherwise manipulating him or her.Rate it:

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Put Your Best Foot ForwardTo leave the perfect first impression, to try your best to do somethingRate it:

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Put Your Finger on SomethingTo be accurate in pointing out something, to precisely recognize or recall somethingRate it:

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Put Your Foot DownTo be rigid, strict and resolute about something, to be unyielding about a certain ruleRate it:

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Put Your Foot in Your MouthTo become trouble maker by uttering wrong words at wrong time, to put yourself into problem with your blundersRate it:

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put your hands togetherClap; applaud.Rate it:

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put your money where your mouth issupport your words with actionRate it:

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Put Your Shoulder to the WheelTo work really hard for something, making great effort to accomplish somethingRate it:

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put-up jobAn attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone.Rate it:

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put-up or shut up!Agree to pay-up, agree fully and forthwith to cooperate, join, invest oneself or funds or chattels.Rate it:

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qu'il vienne, il trouvera à qui parlerLet him come, he will find his match.Rate it:

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quaestionem ponere, proponereto propose a subject of debate, put a question.Rate it:

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quand l'arbre est tombé tout le monde court aux branchesWhen the tree falls every one goeth to it with his hatchet.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 a du pain nargue le chagrinChez qui a le nécessaire, il n’y a pas de place pour le chagrin, la tristesse.Rate it:

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qui compte sans son hôte compte deux foisHe who reckons without his host must reckon again; Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. 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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qui n'a pas argent en bourse, ait miel en boucheHe who has not silver in his purse should have honey on his tongue.Rate it:

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qui part à la chasse perd sa placeVariante de qui va à la chasse perd sa place.Rate it:

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qui sert à l'autel doit vivre de l'autelEvery man must live by his profession.Rate it:

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qui va à la chasse perd sa placeIf you leave your place, you lose it.Rate it:

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qui va à la chasse perd sa placeQui quitte sa place doit s'attendre à la retrouver occupée à son retour.Rate it:

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qui veut voyager loin ménage sa montureWho wishes to go far spares his horse; He who wishes to live long avoids excess.Rate it:

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rabattre le caquet à quelqu'un (pop.)To take a person down a peg; To stop his jaw; To cut his cackle.Rate it:

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raise somebody's hacklesMake someone angry.Rate it:

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reach at my place fastWe are getting late so reach at my place fast.Rate it:

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reach-aroundA passing style in which the ballhandler performs a crossover step in the direction of the intended pass and then extends his or her arms to throw the pass around the defender.Rate it:

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read like a bookTo be able to discern someone's thoughts from his or her body language or other behavior.Rate it:

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read somebody the riot actTo scold or berate somebody; to reprimand.Rate it:

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read somebody's lipsTo discern what somebody is saying by watching the shape of the mouth rather than by hearing the sounds of the words.Rate it:

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read someone the riot actTo scold or berate somebody; to reprimand.Rate it:

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reckon without one's hostTo reckon without or not reckon with something or somebody, misjudge, miscalculate, ignore, not take into account.Rate it:

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reel upTo put onto a reel; to completely reel.Rate it:

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referre in reos aliquemto put some one on the list of the accused.Rate it:

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regem restituereto restore a king to his throne (not in solium).Rate it:

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reléguer (mettre) au second planTo put into the background.Rate it:

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remplumerTo put flesh on the bonesRate it:

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rest his soulUsed parenthetically to mark the referent as being deceased.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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ridden hard and put away wetMistreated; not properly cared for.Rate it:

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