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pound the pavementTo travel on foot; to walk or run.Rate it:

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pound the pavementTo campaign diligently; to seek something, such as business, employment, or answers.Rate it:

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pour honey in one's earTell someone something that they want to hear.Rate it:

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pour honey into one's earTell someone something that they want to hear.Rate it:

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pour inTo flow or flood into something or somewhere.Rate it:

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pour inTo fill something with by pouring.Rate it:

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pour oil on troubled watersTo calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving.Rate it:

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pour your heart and soulTo do something with 100% effort; to try your best; to do something like it means a lot to you.Rate it:

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practise makes a man perfectDo more practice and hard work to gain something that you want....Rate it:

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praecipitem ferri aliqua re (Verr. 5. 46. 121)to be carried away by something.Rate it:

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praetendere, praetexere aliquidto make something an excuse, pretext.Rate it:

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pray tellPlease explain (something the requester does not yet understand).Rate it:

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preach to the choirSpeaking as if to convince a person or group of something which that person or group already believes.Rate it:

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pregnant pauseA Pregnant Pause is a pause or silence that gives the impression that it will be followed by something significant.Rate it:

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prendre du champTo take a run (before leap); To have room before one (for an effort).Rate it:

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prendre le largeTo run for the offing (nav.); To run away.Rate it:

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prendre quelque chose pour argent comptantTo take something for gospel.Rate it:

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preprogramTo program something in advance.Rate it:

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press into serviceTo make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for.Rate it:

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price inTo include in an estimation of the total value of something.Rate it:

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price of tea in ChinaSomething that is irrelevant or unimportant, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.Rate it:

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

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problem childSomeone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.Rate it:

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Proof of the Pudding is in EatingWhatever is the outcome or end result of something defines the success or failure of that thingRate it:

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propose a toastAn introductory phrase, preceding a brief accolade to someone or something, after which all present ceremonially sip their champagne (or dump their beverage on the floor to express disagreement.)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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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 go in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1932, Bertrand Russell, Rate it:

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proverbs hunt in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.Rate it:

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proverbs often come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.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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provide formake something available to somebodyRate it:

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pull a rabbit out of a hatTo do something surprising or beneficial.Rate it:

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Pull a Rabbit Out of HatTo magically produce something much needed, to find out a solution all of a sudden or unexpectedlyRate it:

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pull apartTo open something by pulling on various parts of it.Rate it:

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pull backto pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.Rate it:

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pull inTo pull something, so that comes inside.Rate it:

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Pull No PunchesTo hit something with great force and power, attacking something potently, to be honestRate it:

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pull offTo achieve; to succeed at something difficult.Rate it:

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pull outTo remove something from a container.Rate it:

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Pull out All the StopsTo do something eagerly or whole heatedly, putting in all to succeedRate it:

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pull punchesTo word something delicately to avoid giving offense or inciting anger.Rate it:

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Pull StringsTo secretly influence something with great impact, to control something from distanceRate it:

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pull teethTo do something that is especially difficult or effortful.Rate it:

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pull upDrive close to something, especially a curb.Rate it:

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pull up stumpsTo cease doing something, at least for the day.Rate it:

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punk outTo give up or cravenly abandon something difficult.Rate it:

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push against an open doorTo do something pointless or unnecessary; to try doing something already done.Rate it:

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push forwardTo continue to act or do something, especially with a lot of effortRate it:

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push the boat outTo do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.Rate it:

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