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

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private branch exchangeTelephone lines.Rate it:

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private enterpriseindividual initiativeRate it:

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private eyeA private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone.Rate it:

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private languageUsed other than as an idiom: see private, language.Rate it:

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private languageA language which expresses one's inner thoughts, feelings, or experiences but which cannot be used for communication, since it is known to and understandable by only one person-the existence of which was famously argued by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) to be impossible.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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put byTo run a ship aground intentionally to avoid a collision.Rate it:

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put one's name in the hatTo run in an election or to nominate oneself for consideration in some other selection process; to nominate someone other than oneself for such consideration.Rate it:

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rat runA small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.Rate it:

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rat run/runningTo drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.Rate it:

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rat run/runningA small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes.Rate it:

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rat runningPresent participle of rat run.Rate it:

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re runrepeatRate it:

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reflect onAt run-time using reflection.Rate it:

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remotis arbitris or secretoin private; tête-à-tête.Rate it:

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returns to scalea function describing how returns scale when production increases in the long runRate it:

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rinky dinksmall; not well run; small time; unsuccessfulRate it:

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rise over runA mnemonic for remembering that the slope of a non-vertical line is the ratio of the amount it rises over some interval, over the length of that interval.Rate it:

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run a bathTo fill a bathtub with water in preparation for taking a bath.Rate it:

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run a mileTo escape, flee or leave a situation or relationship, usually as a result of a shocking or sudden announcement or revelation.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo falsely accuse someone of wrongdoing.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo claim a position that one does not rightfully earn.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo pass a political bill that is clearly based on false premises.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo enter a restricted area. To trespass.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo pass through the traffic light when the red light is on.Rate it:

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run aboutTo be very busy doing many different things.Rate it:

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run acrossTo cross by running.Rate it:

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run acrossTo find or discover by chance.Rate it:

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run adriftTo continue without being steered.Rate it:

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run adriftTo be aimless or pointless; to make no progress.Rate it:

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run afoul ofTo become entangled in; to run aground on.Rate it:

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run afoul ofTo contravene.Rate it:

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run afterTo chase.Rate it:

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run afterTo make a determined effort to win someone's affections.Rate it:

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run agroundFor a vessel to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.Rate it:

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run agroundTo cause a vessel to run aground.Rate it:

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run alongTo leave.Rate it:

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run amokTo go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.Rate it:

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run arounda female who sees many different men at the same timeRate it:

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run aroundTo be very busy doing many different things.Rate it:

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run around afterTo spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves.Rate it:

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run around like a chicken with its head cut offTo act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.Rate it:

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run around withTo spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often used to talk about a person's group of friends that one does not like much.Rate it:

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run atTo charge at someone; to advance as though to attack.Rate it:

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run awayTo flee by running.Rate it:

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