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d.c. al codaA music notation roughly meaning "go back to the beginning, playing everything again up to the coda."Rate it:

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da lachen ja die HühnerExclamation at something ridiculous, silly, or completely unsatisfactory.Rate it:

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de die ad diemAlternative spelling of de die in diemRate it:

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de nocte, de diewhile it is still night, day.Rate it:

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Dead DuckA ruined person; a person or plan that is certain to die or failRate it:

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deadbeatOwes money but is unlikely to pay it backRate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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debitum naturae reddere (Nep. Reg. 1)to die a natural death.Rate it:

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dial backTo reduce; to restrain.Rate it:

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dieFollowed by with. Now rare as indicating direct cause.Rate it:

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dieFollowed by from. General use, though somewhat more common in medical or scientific contexts.Rate it:

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dieFollowed by for. Often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes.Rate it:

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dieFollowed by of. General use.Rate it:

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dieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.Rate it:

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die a thousand deathsTo suffer repeatedly; to suffer extreme embarrassment or anxiety.Rate it:

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die a thousand deathsTo die many times over.Rate it:

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die awayTo die gradually or slowly.Rate it:

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die awayTo cause to die; to do away with.Rate it:

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die awayTo diminish; to cease gradually.Rate it:

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die backto wither, particularly during the winter.Rate it:

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die downTo become less virulent.Rate it:

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die for want of lobster sauceTo literally die or to be devastated due to a minor inconvenience or mishap.Rate it:

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die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzthope springs eternalRate it:

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die in harnessTo continue to work until the day of one's death.Rate it:

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die kuh ist vom eis.Das Problem ist bewältigt.Rate it:

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die offTo become extinct (if a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, all of that group dies over a period of time).Rate it:

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die on the vineUsed other than as an idiom: see die, on, the, vine.Rate it:

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die on the vineTo fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources.Rate it:

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die outTo become extinct.Rate it:

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die Sonne geht aufthe sun risesRate it:

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die Sonne geht aufremark made when a particularly pleasant person appearsRate it:

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die the way one livedTo die because of or after doing something characteristic of the interlocutor.Rate it:

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die Zelte abbrechento pull up stakesRate it:

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die, caelo vesperascentewhen it is growing dusk; towards evening.Rate it:

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diem ex die ducere, differreto put off from one day to another.Rate it:

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Do or DieTo get complete success or failure; to take the chance of destroy oneself in trying to succeedRate it:

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do-or-dieRequiring a determined or desperate effort to avoid the consequences of failure.Rate it:

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does Dolly Parton sleep on her backSynonym of is the Pope CatholicRate it:

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dolore confici, tabescereto be wasted with grief; to die of grief.Rate it:

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don't give me any of your guff!Depression Expression; "Don't Give Me Any Of Your Sassy, Back-Talk!"; "Don't 'Sass' ME!" "Don't Talk Back To Your Mother!"Rate it:

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Dose of One's Own MedicineThe same or a similar unpleasantness revert back to someone that has been giving othersRate it:

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double backTo retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.Rate it:

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draw backTo retreat from a position.Rate it:

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draw backTo withdraw from an undertaking.Rate it:

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draw backTo pull something back or apart.Rate it:

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draw backTo move backwards.Rate it:

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draw one's last breathTo die.Rate it:

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drop backOf a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.Rate it:

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drop like fliesDie en masse, one after the other.Rate it:

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dussé-je en mourirWere I to die for it.Rate it:

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