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pass offTo happen.Rate it:

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pass offTo misrepresent something.Rate it:

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pass the buckTo place blame or responsibility onto someone else when someone is not willing to accept blame or responsibility for his or her own actions To make other person accept blame or responsibility which one is not willing to accept for his or her actions Being a leader, you will have to act wise without ever thinking to pass the buck, only then we will support you.Rate it:

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pass upUsed other than as an idiom: see pass, up.Rate it:

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passe-moi la casse (rhubarbe), je te passerai le sénéClaw me and I’ll claw thee; One hand washes the other, and both wash the face.Rate it:

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passons l'éponge là-dessusLet us say no more about it; Let us forget all about it; Let bygones be bygones.Rate it:

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paste upUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see paste,‎ up.Rate it:

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patience is a virtueit is better to be patient than impatientRate it:

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paucorum dierum spatium ad deliberandum dareto give some one a few days for reflection.Rate it:

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paw offTo masturbate.Rate it:

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paw offTo manually stimulate another person sexually, generally a male.Rate it:

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pawn offTo get rid of by transferring it to another.Rate it:

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pawn off asTo make a person or thing appear to be different than their true nature in order to fool someone else.Rate it:

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pay attentionTo be attentive; to focus one's attention.Rate it:

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pay for itTo suffer the consequences of one's actions.Rate it:

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pay offyield good results; succeed.Rate it:

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pay offTo bribe, especially to deter oversight.Rate it:

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pay offTo become worthwhile after a lapse.Rate it:

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pay one's debt to societyTo serve time in prison or a similar correctional facility.Rate it:

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pay one's duesTo acquire status or to earn the right to enjoy certain benefits, especially through lengthy experience, hardship, or service to an organization.Rate it:

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pay one's duesTo outlay money which is owed as a membership fee or price of admission.Rate it:

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pay the billsTo provide enough income to sustain one's lifestyle.Rate it:

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pay the fiddlerTo face the consequences of one’s actions..Rate it:

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payer de sa personneTo bravely expose oneself to danger; To risk one’s skin.Rate it:

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payer la folle enchèreTo pay for one’s rashness, for one’s folly.Rate it:

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payer son écotTo pay one’s share (scot).Rate it:

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pays ruiné vaut mieux que pays perduHalf a loaf is better than no bread.Rate it:

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peaches to choke cherriesThat doesn't add up, not the same, something is off....Rate it:

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pecunia multare aliquemto condemn some one to a fine.Rate it:

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pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)to lend some one money (without interest).Rate it:

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pecuniam alicui debereto owe some one money.Rate it:

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pecuniam alicui legareto leave money to a person in one's will.Rate it:

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pecuniam alicui mutuam dareto lend money to some one.Rate it:

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pecuniam mutuari or sumere mutuam ab aliquoto borrow money from some one.Rate it:

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pedem referreto retire (without turning one's back on the enemy).Rate it:

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pee like a racehorseempty one's bladder immediately!Rate it:

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pee offEuphemistic variant of piss off.Rate it:

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pee one's pantsto wet oneself, to urinate in one's clothes when they're being worn.Rate it:

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peeble in own shoeTrouble but within group, self. Problem of one's own known to self more than others could be explained to.Rate it:

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peed offSimple past tense and past participle of pee off.Rate it:

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peel a grapeScore One!, Do Something Special, Contrive A Winner, Stand An Egg On End.Rate it:

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peel awayTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.Rate it:

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peel me a grapeA request to be pampered and to have one's whims indulged.Rate it:

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peel offTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.Rate it:

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peel offTo remove.Rate it:

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peel the onionTo investigate a matter more deeply, usually step by step, each step leading to a new discovery.Rate it:

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peg outTo move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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Pen is Mightier than the SwordWords have more power than war, to influence with ones words not with fightRate it:

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pencil pusherOne who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.Rate it:

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penny pincherOne who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.Rate it:

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