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lay upTo take out of active service.Rate it:

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lay upTo go out of active service.Rate it:

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lay your cards on the tableTo be ​honest about ​your ​feelings and ​intentions.Rate it:

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Lay Your Cards on the TableTo be open in discussing plans and facts, to reveal something candidly to someoneRate it:

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librum de manibus ponereto lay down a book (vid. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...).Rate it:

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lift a fingerTo make minimal effort; to help as little as possible.Rate it:

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long fingerMiddle finger.Rate it:

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long fingerA state of postponement or procrastination.Rate it:

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long finger[hire purchase]] or credit.Rate it:

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luctum deponere (Phil. 14. 13. 34)to lay aside one's grief.Rate it:

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manum non vertere alicuius rei causato make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger.Rate it:

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manus inicere, inferre, afferre alicuito lay violent hands on a person.Rate it:

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manus, vim sibi afferreto lay hands on oneself.Rate it:

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mettez le couvertLay the cloth (for dinner).Rate it:

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mettez un couvert de plusPut another knife and fork (for another guest); Lay for one more.Rate it:

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mettre en coupe réglée(lit.) To cut down periodically (of forests); (fig.) To lay regularly under contribution.Rate it:

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nest eggA natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.Rate it:

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nose-pickingTo insert a finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.Rate it:

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pick one's noseThe act of picking one's nose, insertion of a finger or other object into one's nostril.Rate it:

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piece outTo lay out or present possible components of a whole.Rate it:

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play possumTo feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lay low.Rate it:

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point outTo identify with a bodily gesture, notably by pointing a finger or implement.Rate it:

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point the fingerTo accuse; to direct or imply blame.Rate it:

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point the finger atTo accuse or blame.Rate it:

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prêter le flanc à ...To lay oneself open to...Rate it:

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prêter le flanc à des reprochesTo lay oneself open to reproaches.Rate it:

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pull my fingerA phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the resulting expulsion of gas.Rate it:

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pull one's finger outTo stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.Rate it:

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put one's finger onTo identify, specify, name or pick out (usually negative)Rate 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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savoir sur le bout du doigtTo know perfectly; To have at one’s finger-ends.Rate it:

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Say Cry UncleTo lay down your arms or surrender, to accept defeatRate it:

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shift offTo delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.Rate it:

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somno or quieti se tradereto lay oneself down to sleepRate it:

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the fingerAn obscene gesture, typically consisting of extending the middle finger at somebody.Rate it:

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three in the pink one in the stinkTo place your three fingers inside a vagina and your fourth finger inside the anusRate it:

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wait on hand, foot and fingerAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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wait on someone hand, foot and fingerAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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wait on someone hand, foot, and fingerAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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wrap around one's little fingerTo successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time.Rate it:

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wrap someone around your little fingerA feeling, a sense, an awareness one realizes when another is deeply devoted, lovingly loyal and shares a mutuality in myriad areas in each other and their lives.Rate it:

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