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key offTo take as a controlling input datum.Rate it:

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kick ass and take namesTo beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.Rate it:

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kick rocksGo do something unproductive, go bother someone else, leave me alone, go away; See idioms: ‘take a hike,’ ‘hit the road,’ ‘beat it’Rate it:

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king of the castleA children's game in which one player is located on something elevated and other players attempt to take his or her place.Rate it:

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knock on woodTo take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted my a presumptuous statement.Rate it:

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know what side of the bread your butter's onTo know who has the upper hand/power in a situation before you take on someone who can make your situation worseRate it:

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l'un bat les buissons et l'autre prend les oiseauxOne does the work and the other reaps the advantage; One man starts the game and another kills it.Rate it:

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la garantía soy yotake my word for itRate it:

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laetitiam capere or percipere ex aliqua reto take pleasure in a thing.Rate it:

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lay upTo take out of active service.Rate it:

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lean inTo proactively take charge of a situation; to be bold in exerting one's will in a situation.Rate it:

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leave someone holding the babyTo abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.Rate it:

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lentejas, si quieres las comes y si no, las dejastake it or leave itRate it:

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let nature take its courseTo permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference.Rate it:

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let the puppies breathetake your shoes off and let your feet (puppies) breatheRate it:

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librum in manus sumereto take up a book in one's hands.Rate it:

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lift offTo take offRate it:

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lighten someone's purseto take money from someone.Rate it:

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lights, camera, actionThe traditional cue to the members of a film crew at the beginning of a take.Rate it:

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listen afterTo take an interest in.Rate it:

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litteras perferre aliquoto take a letter somewhere.Rate it:

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loaded diceAn advantage obtained by manipulating rules or insider influence.Rate it:

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look aroundTo take note of what is going on; To make oneself aware.Rate it:

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lord it overTo behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.Rate it:

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major inTo take as one's major field of study in an institute of tertiary education.Rate it:

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make a pointTo take care in doing something of something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done.Rate it:

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make hayTo take advantage of an opportunity.Rate it:

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make hay while the sun shinesTo act while an opportunity exists; to take action while a situation is favorable.Rate it:

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make one's handTo gain advantage or profit.Rate it:

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man the fortTo take care of a place or situation in another's absence.Rate it:

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manger sur le pouceTo take a snack.Rate it:

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milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducereto take the troops to their winter-quarters.Rate it:

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milites sacramento rogare, adigereto make soldiers take the military oath.Rate it:

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militiam (only in the sing.) capessereto take service in the army.Rate it:

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mind the storeTo take active responsibility for a group or process, especially within an organization.Rate it:

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miss the boatTo fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.Rate it:

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move in onTo encroach or prepare to take over.Rate it:

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move the goalpostsTo alter the agreed basis, scope, standards or target of a procedure or task during its course, especially to do so to someone's advantage.Rate it:

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n'épousez pas sa querelleDo not take up his quarrel.Rate it:

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nasciturus ruleAn unborn child, if subsequently born alive, is considered as already in existence whenever it is to its own advantage.Rate it:

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ne pas se faire de bile (fam.)To take things easily.Rate it:

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ne prenez pas ce que je dis au pied de la lettreDo not take what I say literally.Rate it:

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nehmen Sie Platzhave a seat, take a seatRate it:

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nip and tuckSo evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain.Rate it:

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Nixon goes to Chinathe ability of a politician with an unassailable reputation among his or her supporters for representing and defending their values to take actions that would draw their criticism and even opposition if taken by someone without those credentials.Rate it:

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Nixon in Chinathe ability of a politician with an unassailable reputation among his or her supporters for representing and defending their values to take actions that would draw their criticism and even opposition if taken by someone without those credentials.Rate it:

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Nixon to Chinathe ability of a politician with an unassailable reputation among his or her supporters for representing and defending their values to take actions that would draw their criticism and even opposition if taken by someone without those credentials.Rate it:

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no brainerSomething that supposedly doesn’t take much intellectual thought. Whoever says that something is a no brainer is usually the one with no brains.Rate it:

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no brainerSomething that supposedly doesn’t take much intellectual thought.Rate it:

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no time like the presentA shortened form of there's no time like the present; Now (i.e., the present time) is an appropriate time to take a particular action.Rate it:

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