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down lowAfter asking you to "high five" or saying "up top" someone will then say "down low". This means they are asking you to "high five" or tap the palm of their hand with the palm of your hand down lower--about waist high--as they extend their hand out toward you. If you don't respond timely they may take their hand away and say "too slow" then laugh. It's just something Americans do to have fun.Rate it:

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down the hatchInto the mouth and down the throat, especially with regard to the consumption of a beverage.Rate it:

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down the toiletInto a state of collapse or failure: wasted, squandered; irretrievable.Rate it:

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down the tubesInto a state of collapse or failure.Rate it:

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drag inTo get into a course of action by forceful means.Rate it:

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drink from a firehoseTo take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity.Rate it:

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drive homeTo push to or into a target.Rate it:

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Drive You CrazyTo force someone into a state of anger and mental instability; to make someone very frustratedRate 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 off the radarTo vanish or fall into obscurity.Rate it:

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dye in the woolTo dye woolen fibers before they are spun into thread.Rate it:

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dyed-in-the-woolDyed before being formed into cloth.Rate it:

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e pluribus unumA national motto of the United States of America, meaning "From many, one", or "out of many, one", referring to the integration of 13 independent colonies into one country, and that has taken an additional meaning, giving the pluralistic nature of American society from immigration.Rate it:

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ear tunnelA piece of jewelry that fits into a stretched earlobe hole and makes it seem like a peephole and makes it see-through.Rate it:

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eat intoTo consume gradually, especially by erosion.Rate it:

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eat one's gunTo commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.Rate it:

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eat the windTo take a walk.Rate it:

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Eat Your WordsTo admit your mistake humbly; to say sorry for something you did or said; to take your words backRate it:

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enter intoTo become legally committed to.Rate it:

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enter intoTo engage in a formal or informal process.Rate it:

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enter intoTo be relevant; to be a contributing factor.Rate it:

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entrer à l'œil dans un théâtre (fam.)To get into a theatre on the nod (i.e. gratis).Rate it:

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epistulam deprehendereto take forcible possession of a letter.Rate it:

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errorem animo imbibereto get a mistaken notion into the mind.Rate it:

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erroribus implicari (Tusc. 4. 27. 58)to fall into error.Rate it:

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essuyer les plâtresTo move into a newly-built house before the walls are dry; (fig.) To experience the disadvantages of a beginning.Rate it:

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étourdir la grosse faimTo take the edge off one’s appetite.Rate it:

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everything seemed to fall right into place.after all that effort, it seemed to be made in the shadeRate it:

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ex Platonis Phaedone haec in latinum conversa suntwhat follows has been translated into Latin from Plato's Phaedo.Rate it:

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ex urbe (civitate) expellere, pellere aliquemto banish a person, send him into exile.Rate it:

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excursionem in hostium agros facereto make an inroad into hostile territory.Rate it:

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exsulatum ire or abireto go into exile.Rate it:

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exsurgere altius or incitatius ferrito take a higher tone (especially of poets and orators).Rate it:

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eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothTo take retribution or give penalty similar to the original offense or faultRate it:

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faire de l'eau (of boats)To take in fresh water.Rate it:

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fall apartTo break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state.Rate it:

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fall forTo be fooled; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick.Rate it:

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fall inOf a soldier, to get into position in a rank.Rate it:

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fall intoWithout having planned it.Rate it:

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fall intoTo go into something by falling.Rate it:

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fall intoTo be classified as; to fall under.Rate it:

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fall into one's lapTo receive something that one desires with little or no effort.Rate it:

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fall into placeTo assume a clear and complete form when separate elements come together; to be realised.Rate it:

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fall into the wrong handsTo become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.Rate it:

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fall off a truckOf an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally.Rate it:

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fall off the back of a lorryOf an item of merchandise, to come into a perons's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.Rate it:

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fall off the back of a truckOf an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.Rate it:

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fall off the wagonTo cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.Rate it:

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fall on one's swordTo voluntarily take the blame for a situation.Rate it:

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fall toTo enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.Rate it:

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