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piss onTo show complete contempt for someone or something.Rate it:

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piss on someone's bonfireto disappoint or discourage someone by ruining or criticising their plans or aspirations.Rate it:

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piss upto screw up, make a mess ofRate it:

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piss upto blunder, to make a mistakeRate it:

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pistol whiphit someone with a hand gun/pistolRate it:

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pitTo make pits in.Rate it:

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pit againstTo set someone in opposition to someone else.Rate it:

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pit outTo make sweaty.Rate it:

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pitch uponTo choose, to pick, to fix one's choice on something or someone.Rate it:

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pitch wooTo make love.Rate it:

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plan outto plan, organize, make a plan for somethingRate it:

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Play Cat and MouseTo make someone fool by playing tricks, to annoy or tease someoneRate it:

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play downTo make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.Rate it:

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play into someone's handsTo act, or to manage matters, to someone's advantage or benefit.Rate it:

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play Old GooseberryTo play the devil; to make mischief.Rate it:

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play old harryTo play the devil; to make mischief.Rate it:

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play one's cards rightTo act sensibly; to make the right moves.Rate it:

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Play Second FiddleTo be subservient to someone, to follow someone or somethingRate it:

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play second fiddleTo play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.Rate it:

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play someone like a fiddleSkilfully.Rate it:

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play the ball and not the manTo object to someone's argument by attacking the argument itself instead of them or a facet of their personality; to avoid or make the opposite of an ad hominem attack. Usually considered a positive action, and an avoidance of a fallacious argumentative technique. Often used in comparison to play the man and not the ball.Rate it:

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play the man and not the ballTo object to someone's argument by attacking them or a facet of their personality instead of the argument itself; to make an ad hominem attack.Rate it:

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play to winTo make a special, determined effort to achieve general success or a particular goal, in life, in one's career, in negotiation, etc.Rate it:

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play upTo make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely or obvious; to showcase or highlight.Rate it:

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play withTo fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.Rate it:

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please eat mom's delicious apple strudelsA common mnemonic that is used to help people remember the order of operations when calculating mathematical equations (² x / + -), in the PEMDAS order: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, SubtractionRate it:

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plough throughTo forcefully make a passage to move through.Rate it:

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plow throughTo forcefully make a passage to move through.Rate it:

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plumber's crackAny male that has his pants sliding down his butt and the top of his "cheeks" are showing.Rate it:

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pognerto make out, or to make love or have sexRate it:

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point outTo tell, remind, indicate to someone.Rate it:

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poison the wellTo discredit something or someone usually by presenting negative or irrelevant information; to cast aspersionsRate it:

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poke someone's eye outTo damage or harm someone's eye to the point that it can no longer see.Rate it:

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polish upTo polish something to make it shiny.Rate it:

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pop a cap in someone's assTo shoot someone with a gun.Rate it:

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pop offTo kill someone.Rate it:

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pop someone's cherryTo deflower someone.Rate it:

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populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)to make oneself master of a people, country.Rate it:

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porcelain skinsmooth skinRate it:

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pot calling the kettle blackA situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser has or shares.Rate it:

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pot, meet kettleUsed to draw attention to hypocrisy; a reference to the saying, "pot calling the kettle black" (see under another entry: "pot calling the kettle black"; it's the same as saying, "that's true of YOU" (and mayor may not be true of me, or not as much)Rate it:

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potato skinsAn appetizer made by halving a baked potato, scooping out most of the inside, mixing that with cheese, sour cream, and chives and placing that mixture back into the potato skin then baking until crisp.Rate it:

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pound of fleshSomething which is owed and which will be hurtful or difficult to provide; a debt owed to someone who is merciless and demanding.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 oil on troubled watersTo calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving.Rate it:

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Pour Oil on Troubled WatersTo calm down the tense situation, to sooth someone in anger or tensionRate it:

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power behind the throneSomeone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority.Rate it:

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power chordA chord or combination of notes used in rock music and typically selected to sound good at high volume and high levels of distortion. Power chords make extensive use of intervals such as open fourths and fifths.Rate it:

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power upTo turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to make it operational.Rate it:

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