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cross offTo finish; to mark something as complete.Rate it:

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cry offTo cancel something that one has previously arranged with someone.Rate it:

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cut backTo reduce consumption.Rate it:

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cut backTo reduce spending.Rate it:

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cut backTo reduce the amount of.Rate it:

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cut downPut down, deprecate, put someone in their place, tell 'em off, demean, cut someone down to size.Rate it:

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cut offTo remove via cutting.Rate it:

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cut offTo isolate or remove from contact.Rate it:

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cut offTo end abruptly.Rate it:

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cut offTo interrupt.Rate it:

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cut off one's nose to spite one's faceTo harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.Rate it:

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Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your FaceTo make a difficult situation more complicated due to an angry actionRate it:

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d.c. al codaA music notation roughly meaning "go back to the beginning, playing everything again up to the coda."Rate it:

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damp offTo decay and perish through excessive moisture - mostly said of plantsRate it:

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damp squibA firework that fails to go off, due to wetting.Rate it:

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dampen offTo become damp, especially too damp for an intended agricultural purpose.Rate it:

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dash offTo leave a place quickly or briefly.Rate it:

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dash offTo write quickly or informally.Rate it:

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de cabezaoff the top of one's headRate it:

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deadbeatOwes money but is unlikely to pay it backRate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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dial backTo reduce; to restrain.Rate it:

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die backto wither, particularly during the winter.Rate it:

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die offTo become extinct (if a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, all of that group dies over a period of time).Rate it:

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diem ex die ducere, differreto put off from one day to another.Rate it:

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dissimulatio (Off. 1. 30. 108)irony.Rate it:

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do ofAlternative spelling of do offRate it:

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do offTo take off.Rate it:

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does Dolly Parton sleep on her backSynonym of is the Pope CatholicRate it:

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domo pedem non efferreto never set foot out of doors.Rate it:

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don't give me any of your guff!Depression Expression; "Don't Give Me Any Of Your Sassy, Back-Talk!"; "Don't 'Sass' ME!" "Don't Talk Back To Your Mother!"Rate it:

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done forThrough, over with, completed; failed or to be doomed or likewise finished (off), washed up, defeated Also- to be ruined, destroyed, or fatally injuredRate it:

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donner le changeTo put off the scent, to mislead.Rate it:

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Dose of One's Own MedicineThe same or a similar unpleasantness revert back to someone that has been giving othersRate it:

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double backTo retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.Rate it:

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double double, boil and troubleA song/chant/spell witches say while stirring a cauldron and throwing items in the cauldron to brew the spell, usually to put a curse on someone (or to take one off)Rate it:

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Downing Streeta street leading off Whitehall in Westminster, London containing the residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the ExchequerRate it:

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doze offTo fall asleep unintentionally.Rate it:

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drag one's feetTo procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.Rate it:

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drank the koolaidDid what the Blind majority did, like a lemming, walking off a cliff.Rate it:

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draw backTo retreat from a position.Rate it:

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draw backTo withdraw from an undertaking.Rate it:

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draw backTo pull something back or apart.Rate it:

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draw backTo move backwards.Rate it:

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draw offTo remove by using a siphon.Rate it:

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dress down1) Wear casual or work clothing, informal clothes: 2) Speak To Someone In a Desultory Tone, A Commanding, Analytical, Superior, Critiquing Manner; . . . . . {Tell Someone 'OFF' }Rate it:

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drift offTo fall asleep in a gradual manner.Rate it:

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drink offTo drink the entirety of in a short period; originally and especially, in a single gulp.Rate it:

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drive offTo force to leave or go away.Rate it:

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drive-by mediaMedia professionals who "spray" a bunch of repetitive misstatements, mistaken and misinterpreted news reports to cause excitement and confusion. They then figuratively "drive off" leaving the cleanup of their mess and hysteria to others, to correct and properly explain and interpret.Rate it:

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