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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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philosophumena, the revelation of marcionName of a book from the second centuryRate 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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pick outto selectRate it:

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pick outto distinguishRate it:

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pick outTo ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.Rate it:

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pick outto detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)Rate it:

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pick outto send a long pass or cross to.Rate it:

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pick out of a hatTo determine by chance.Rate it:

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pick out of a hatTo substitute a guess for unavailable data.Rate it:

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pick somebody's brainTo seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone.Rate it:

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pick someone's brainTo seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone.Rate it:

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pick upTo point out (a person's behaviour, habits or actions),in a critical manner.Rate it:

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pick up onTo continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped.Rate it:

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pick up the slackto do the work which someone else has stopped doing, but which still needs to be doneRate it:

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pick up what someone is putting downTo understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.Rate it:

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pie in the skyIt is an offer to give something good to someone, however there is nothing firm about it or it is unlikely to materialize.Rate it:

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piece of oneA chance to find out something interesting about someone.Rate it:

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piece of oneA chance to fight with someone.Rate it:

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piece of workCan also be referred to as a derogatory term about someone who is described as acting rude, odd or strange.Rate it:

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piece outTo lay out or present possible components of a whole.Rate it:

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piece outTo increase or complete by adding one or more pieces.Rate it:

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pif that troon!Troon: A irritating, aggravating, rude entity, who's sole purpose is to irritate & harass, unsuspecting, innocent people. A purposeful frustrating annoyer. "Pif"{3-step}: A special forces teckneik. A sheath knive issued to silently eliminate a enemy sentinel. 1:Approaching the enemy silently from the rear, stricking the back of the knees, as to buckle them, while cupping the mouth & cutting the throat & jugular vien simotancely. 2:Next immediately using the hand holding your knife, you in a upward thrust pierce the base of the skull fully sinking the length of blade & twist or jiggle. 3: Imeadiatly removing and reversing the blade to a downward position raming it down the spinelcoard & repeat the twist or jiggle. Done correctly it should take 3 seconds or less, with no scream, twitching or jerking of the enemy guard, or solder. Plop, drop, done, done, on to the next one! " Troon Pifing". The prefured "Pif" Knife is a Double edged Military Commando style sheath knife. "Pif that Troon!"Rate it:

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piffle dinga response given when someone doesn't believe what they just heard; also piffle (without the ding after it, for short);Rate it:

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pig outTo eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.Rate it:

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