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hold the lineTo firmly maintain one's viewpoint, principles, or situation; to refuse to change one's practices or plans.Rate it:

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hook line and sinkercompletelyRate it:

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hook, line and sinkerNaively or unquestioningly.Rate it:

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hot stuffAn attractive person, often used as a come-on or pickup line.Rate it:

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I'm rubber, you're glueThe first line of a children's rhyme countering an attack of character.Rate it:

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in lineSuitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules.Rate it:

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in linePositioned in a straight line.Rate it:

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in lineOn a queue; waiting one's turn for something.Rate it:

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in lineTo assume a position in the future.Rate it:

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in living colorIn the bright colors of real life. Used to describe something particularly poignant or vibrant, originated from television during the transition from black and white to color film.Rate it:

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in the line of dutyUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see in,‎ the,‎ line,‎ of,‎ duty.Rate it:

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in the line of dutyAs part of or while performing official duties, usually of the military or police personnel, or of government officials.Rate it:

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jazz upTo make gaudy and bright.Rate it:

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landing stripA cultivated pubic hair pattern in which much of the pubic hair is removed, leaving only a central vertical line or rectangle.Rate it:

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lay it on the lineTo state something, for example an ultimatum, strongly and clearly.Rate it:

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lay on the lineTo state strongly, clearly, and accurately.Rate it:

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lay on the lineTo risk.Rate it:

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lead the lineTo play as centre forward.Rate it:

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line in the sandA defining moment, a cutoff point.Rate it:

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line one's pocketsTo accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.Rate it:

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line upTo agree or correspond.Rate it:

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line upTo put things in a lineRate it:

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line upTo get into a lineRate it:

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line upto put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth runningRate it:

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line upTo start a game in a certain position on the playing field.Rate it:

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line upTo make arrangements for an event.Rate it:

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line upTo support a group or movement.Rate it:

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look on the bright sideto examine a situation, usually bad, from a positive perspectiveRate it:

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look upTo have a bright future.Rate it:

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mark offTo separate by or as with a boundary line.Rate it:

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mener les gens à la baguetteTo rule men with a rod of iron; To be a martinet.Rate it:

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might makes rightThe stronger and more powerful rule others, control the situation or determine right and wrong.Rate it:

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nasciturus ruleAn unborn child, if subsequently born alive, is considered as already in existence whenever it is to its own advantage.Rate it:

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NIBMARAbbreviation of no independence before majority rule : a policy adopted by the United Kingdom requiring the implementation of majority rule in a colony, rather than rule by the white colonial minority, before the colony could be granted independence.Rate it:

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off messagedeviating from party lineRate it:

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off the chainFree from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.Rate it:

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on averageUsually, typically; as a rule; as often as not.Rate it:

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on the lineIn a contest or enterprise.Rate it:

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on the lineOn a level with the eye of the spectator; said of a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.Rate it:

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one candle short of a boxnot bright; stupidRate it:

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opinio juris sive necessitatisThe principle of International Law where states believe or accept that a practice exists and must be followed because of a rule of Law requiring it, to the extent that it becomes part of the body of norms known as international Customary Law. See the Lotus CaseRate it:

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out of lineInappropriate or unsuitable, especially by reason of being unmannerly or indelicate.Rate it:

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over the linebeyond the level of what is acceptableRate it:

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par delictumThe par delictum rule prescribes that a party should not obtain satisfaction from a court of law with where his own conduct is wrongful.Rate it:

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potestas immoderata, infinitadespotic, tyrannous rule.Rate it:

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pull backTo pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.Rate it:

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punch line (of a joke)Usually the last part of a joke that makes it funny.Rate it:

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punch outTo rule that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.Rate it:

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put one's ass on the lineTo take a big risk.Rate 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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