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give a person lineto allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the lineRate it:

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give awayTo make a gift of.Rate it:

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give awayTo relinquish control over.Rate it:

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give awayTo formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.Rate it:

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give awayTo unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone.Rate it:

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give awayTo concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.Rate it:

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give awayTo concede.Rate it:

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give away the storeTo transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party.Rate it:

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give somebody the slipTo evade, escape, or get away from somebody.Rate it:

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give someone the slipTo evade, escape, or get away from somebody.Rate it:

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glance awayTo look at something else briefly, then look back again.Rate it:

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go and boil your headgo away; get lostRate it:

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go and eat cokego away; get lostRate it:

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go awayCommand asking someone to leave them alone.Rate it:

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go awayGo away, stop annoying me!.Rate it:

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go back onTo fail to keep; to renege on; as, to go back on one's promises.Rate it:

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go jump in the lakeUsed to tell a person to go away, or that their request will not be met.Rate it:

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go on gitleave! short for Go on, get out of here!; the speaker is telling the listener to leave, emphatically; also often said to animals to chase them awayRate it:

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go suck on a toeA way of telling someone to go away -- or a way of telling someone 'no'.Rate it:

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go take a jump in the lake!a rude way of telling someone to go away and stop annoying you.Rate it:

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going awaypresent participle of go awayRate it:

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grass widowA married woman whose husband is away.Rate it:

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grass widowerA married man whose wife is away.Rate it:

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hack awayUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see hack,‎ away.Rate it:

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hack awayTo make progress on a difficult problem; to continue trying.Rate it:

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hadaway and shitego awayRate it:

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Hands are TiedNot able to help or assist; stay away from doing what you are willing to do; helpless to do somethingRate it:

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hang onTo keep; to store something for someone.Rate it:

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hang ontoto keepRate it:

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happy wife, happy lifewhen your wife is happy, you are happy; do what your wife says if you want to be happy; keep her happyRate it:

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haul offTo alter course so as to get farther away from an object.Rate it:

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have/keep your finger on the pulseTo be keen on current happenings, trends, or developments in a particular place or situation; to know all the latest information about something and have a firm understanding of itRate it:

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head offTo begin moving away.Rate it:

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head offTo turn away from the windRate it:

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hide awayTo stash or store something in a secret location.Rate it:

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hide awayTo hide, to be hidden.Rate it:

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hide one's light under a bushelFor a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.Rate it:

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hit the roadTo leave a place; to go away.Rate it:

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hold inTo keep to oneself; to prevent from escaping.Rate it:

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hold offTo delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.Rate it:

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hold onTo keep; to store something for someone.Rate it:

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hold one's tongueTo keep quiet; especially, to leave something unsaid.Rate it:

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hold oneself togetherTo maintain one's emotional composure; to keep it together.Rate it:

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home away from homeA place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.Rate it:

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hulk offTo leave or walk away, especially in an angry or enraged manner, and said especially of large and physically imposing persons or objects.Rate it:

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hush moneya bribe paid to keep something secret.Rate it:

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hush upTo keep secret, to prevent from becoming known.Rate it:

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iacturam alicuius rei facereto throw away, sacrifice.Rate it:

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if at first you don't succeed, try try againdon't quit, keep tryingRate it:

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if you don't want to slip up, stay out of slippery placesTo avoid temptation, triggers, Toxicity Or anything that doesn't do you any justice mentally or otherwise. To Stay away from if not to be tempted to repeat mistakes.Rate it:

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