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parla come mangiUsed to invite someone who uses an excessively cultivated language to speak in a simpler and clearer way.Rate it:

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partial outTo remove one variable in order to identify any correlation between othersRate it:

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party crasherSomeone who attempts and often gains entry to a party or club to which they were not invited, often using social engineering techniques. The party crasher usually tries to blend into the party so as not to be kicked out.Rate it:

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party pooperSomeone who unnecessarily dampens fun.Rate it:

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pass asTo be able to convince others that one is something contrary to fact; to look sufficiently like something or someone that one can purport to be it.Rate it:

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pass outTo faint; fall asleep.Rate it:

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pass outTo distribute, to hand out.Rate it:

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pass outTo graduate, usually marked by the ceremony at the end of their training.Rate it:

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pass the buckTo place blame or responsibility onto someone else when someone is not willing to accept blame or responsibility for his or her own actions To make other person accept blame or responsibility which one is not willing to accept for his or her actions Being a leader, you will have to act wise without ever thinking to pass the buck, only then we will support you.Rate it:

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pass the torchTo transfer duties or tasks on to another; relinquish responsibilities in favor of someone newRate it:

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passage à l'acteImpulsive acting out.Rate it:

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passons au délugeWe know all about that, let us come to the point; Don’t let us go over all that again, we will take it for granted.Rate it:

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pat downTo frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons.Rate it:

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pawn off asTo make a person or thing appear to be different than their true nature in order to fool someone else.Rate it:

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pay no mindto disregard, ignore, or not give any attention to someone or somethingRate it:

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pay outTo distribute money; to disburse.Rate it:

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pay outTo repay, take revenge.Rate it:

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pay outTo slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out.Rate it:

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payback's a bitchUsually a complete sentence as an interjection: I am amused that someone got their revenge on you...but you certainly had it coming.Rate it:

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payer d'audaceTo put on a bold face; To brazen a thing out.Rate it:

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peace outGoodbye.Rate it:

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peace outgo in peace.Rate it:

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peal outTo ring loudly.Rate it:

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peal outTo cause to ring loudly.Rate it:

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peck outTo remove by peckingRate it:

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pecuniam fenore occupare (Flacc. 21. 54)to put out money at interest.Rate it:

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pee in someone's cornflakesAlternative form of piss in someone's cornflakesRate it:

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peel awayTo take away from somewhere elseRate 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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peep outto show, to be visible.Rate it:

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peg outTo move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo mark with pegs. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo die. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo finish a game of croquet. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo hang up using pegs. [from 20th c.]Rate it:

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pencil outOf an investment, to make sense financially or to be expected to generate the desired returnsRate it:

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pencil outTo roughly calculate the expected returns of an investmentRate it:

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pencil pusherOne who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.Rate it:

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people personSomeone who is happier or more skilled at dealing with people rather than things or concepts.Rate it:

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per errorem labi, or simply labito take a false step.Rate it:

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perk upTo exalt oneself, take on a higher status or position.Rate it:

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perp walkThe intentional public display before news cameras of someone in police custody, especially someone famous or notorious, for the purpose of satisfying public interest, demonstrating the authorities' effectiveness, or shaming the person.Rate it:

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pestilentia (not pestis) in urbem (populum) invaditthe plague breaks out in the city.Rate it:

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peter outTo dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.Rate it:

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pew pew pewIs like shoot the shit out of it, get it doneRate it:

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phase outTo remove or relinquish the use of something little by little.Rate it:

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phase outTo identify 3 separate phases of electrical wiringRate it:

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pick away atTo continually or inexorably harm someone; to continue to do harm; to needle over time; to weaken someone over time.Rate it:

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pick offTo throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.Rate it:

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pick outto remove by pickingRate it:

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