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grandstand playA successful play or other manoeuvre during a sporting competition in which one or more players shows off unnecessarily in order to entertain or impress the spectators.Rate it:

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hack offTo annoyRate it:

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hack offTo remove by hacking; to cut offRate it:

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hand offTo pass or transfer something to someone.Rate it:

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hang upring offRate it:

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hats offCongratulationsRate it:

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

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haul offTo draw back the arm in order to punch.Rate it:

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haul offTo leave.Rate it:

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haut le pied!Be off!Rate it:

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have a goShout at or tell off unnecessarily or excessively.Rate it:

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have a tiger by the tailTo be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.Rate it:

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have it offTo engage in sexual intercourse.Rate it:

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have the tiger by the tailTo be in a difficult or dangerous situation in which one ideally should not remain, but from which one cannot withdraw.Rate it:

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have the world by the tailTo possess great influence and opportunity.Rate it:

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he is always going off at a tangentHe always changes from a topic to another irrelevant oneRate it:

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he is purdee crazy!He's off the chart, gone over the edge. Just as crazy as crazy gets.Rate it:

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head offTo turn away from the windRate it:

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head offTo avoid some usually negative consequence.Rate it:

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head offTo intercept.Rate it:

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head offTo begin moving away.Rate it:

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high on the hogWell off; living comfortably or extravagantly.Rate it:

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high-tail itTo hurry or run; often, to flee.Rate it:

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hinter vorgehaltener Handoff the recordRate it:

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histrionem exsibilare, explodere, eicere, exigereto hiss an actor off the stage.Rate it:

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hit it offTo develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.Rate it:

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hit offTo describe with quick characteristic strokes.Rate it:

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hive offTo segregate; to remove from a parent entity.Rate it:

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hive offTo separate from a larger group.Rate it:

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

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hold offTo delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed).Rate it:

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honk offTo annoy.Rate it:

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hot off the pressesFreshly printed, minted, written, or created.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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if they sold it to you, you paid too muchEven when you perceive a good deal, someone is making money off you.Rate it:

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if you got it, flaunt itIf you have something great, show it offRate it:

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il a l'abord rude, mais il s'adoucit bientôtHe receives you roughly at first, but that soon passes off.Rate it:

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il est sans gêneHe is free and easy (casual, off-hand); He makes himself too much at home.Rate it:

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il fait la roueHe shows off.Rate it:

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il fait un vent à décorner (or, écorner) un bœufThere is a wind enough to blow one’s head off.Rate it:

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il fait un vent à écorner (or, décorner) un bœufThe wind is enough to blow one’s head off.Rate it:

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il faut filer (or, filons!) (fam.)We must be off, trot off.Rate it:

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il n'a pas demandé son reste!He soon took himself off, I can tell you! He soon shut up, I can tell you!Rate it:

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il nous berce de sornettesHe puts us off with silly tales.Rate it:

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il se retira l'oreille basseHe went away crestfallen.\nHe went away with his tail between his legs.Rate it:

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imperium alicui abrogare (Off.3. 10)to depose a person from his command.Rate it:

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in meliorem spem, cogitationem aliquem inducere (Off. 2. 15. 53)to induce some one to take a brighter view of things.Rate it:

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In Two Shakes of a Lamb's TailToo fast, immediately and at once without any delayRate it:

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iniuria abstinere (Off. 3. 17. 72)to refrain from doing a wrong, an injustice.Rate it:

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inside outDescribes the hitting of a ball that pitched outside of leg stump to the off side of the field.Rate it:

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