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like, whoa!Slow down; stop; you are going too fast.Rate it:

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lot lizardA prostitute at a truck stop.Rate it:

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my eyes are up hereSaid to persuade the interlocutor to stop looking lustfully at the speaker's body.Rate it:

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nickel and dimeSmall time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.Rate it:

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nickel and dimea verb; the process of trying to extract small amounts of money (i.e. from someone, from people)Rate it:

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nickel-and-dimeAlternative spelling of nickel and dime.Rate it:

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Nickel-and-DimeUnimportant, minor, involving small amount of money, Rate it:

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nip in the budTo stop something at an early stage.Rate it:

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not so fastUsed to tell someone to stop doing something.Rate it:

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not worth a dimeWorthless, lacking in value.Rate it:

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old time used to beSomebody Loan Me A Dime. lyrics by Boz Scaggs.Rate it:

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park the busTo attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.Rate it:

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parking lotA major thruway blocked by stop and go traffic.Rate it:

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peel outTo start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.Rate it:

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pin itStop everything you're doing now at once, at instanceRate it:

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pit outTo stop workingRate it:

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play Old GooseberryTo suddenly put a stop to a disturbance by force or threats.Rate it:

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point of no returnThe point in any journey, process, or sequence of events when it is no longer possible to reverse course or stop the process.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 a damper onTo stop people from enjoying an activity.Rate it:

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put a lid on itTo be quiet; shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise.Rate it:

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put a sock in itTo be quiet; to shut one's mouth; to stop talking.Rate it:

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put a stop toTo terminate or abolish something.Rate it:

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put downTo set down, stop carrying, or place in a low location.Rate it:

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put downTo halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.Rate it:

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put one's foot down onTo put a stop to, suppress; to reject.Rate it:

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put one's foot down uponTo put a stop to, suppress; to reject.Rate it:

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put paid toTo stop something once and for all.Rate it:

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put the brakes onTo stop or to slow it down.Rate it:

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put the kibosh onTo halt, stop, or squelch.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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red lightA warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating ‘stop’..Rate it:

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red mistAnger sufficient to cloud judgement, to stop clear thinking.Rate it:

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rein inTo stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins.Rate it:

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rein inTo stop or slow something, by exercising control.Rate it:

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rein upTo stop, to halt riding a horse by pulling on the reins.Rate it:

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rein upTo stop, to cause to come to a halt.Rate it:

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rendre un homme camusTo stop a man’s mouth; To make a man look small.Rate it:

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say whenAn imperative form used to request that the interlocutor indicate when one should stop doing something, esp. pouring a drink, because one has reached a sufficient amount.Rate it:

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seize upTo stop functioning; to come to a halt.Rate it:

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seize upTo stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.Rate it:

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shut downTo turn off or stop.Rate it:

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shut offTo stop or turn off by closing something.Rate it:

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shut one's faceTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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shut one's mouthTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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shut one's trapTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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smoking like a chimney !this is used to describe a person who is chain smoker or smoking non stop.Rate it:

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snuff outTo extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.Rate it:

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spaz outTo stop working properly.Rate it:

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stall for timeTo intentionally cause a delay; to stop; to wait.Rate it:

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