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laundry listHence, a long list of items, especially an exhaustive one.Rate it:

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laundry-shareAn arrangement in which owners of usually privately owned washers and dryers who wish to do others’ laundry and community users who choose to have their laundry done nearby, any time of the day, no matter where they are, use a network (such as one accessed through an app or a website) to coordinate the pickup and drop off soiled and cleaned garments, for which the user or soiled garment owner pays the washer (laundry doer) to clean for them.Rate it:

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lawn sleevesUsed other than as an idiom: see lawn, sleeves.Rate it:

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lawyer upTo exercise one's right to legal representation, especially on the occasion of refusing to answer law-enforcement officials' questions without the presence of such legal representation.Rate it:

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Lay an EggTo give a pathetic and shaming performance in somethingRate it:

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lay an eggThe act or performance which is substandard in one's capability. An act or performance which is substandard or below the typical level of one's usual production or output: An act, production or presentation of a noxious, negative, repulsive, boorish nature:Rate it:

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lay asideTo put out of consideration.Rate it:

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lay backTo lie down on one's back; to lie back.Rate it:

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lay downTo sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life.".Rate it:

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lay it on the lineTo state something, for example an ultimatum, strongly and clearly.Rate it:

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lay it outTo explain thoroughly; to discuss both sides completely.Rate it:

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lay lowTo knock out; to cause to fall.Rate it:

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lay oddsTo offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.Rate it:

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lay of the landThe trends, feelings, intentions, and other factors influencing a strategic, political, or social situation.Rate it:

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lay on the lineTo state strongly, clearly, and accurately.Rate it:

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lay openIn Japan and South Korea, to publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.Rate it:

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lay outTo arrange in a certain way.Rate it:

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lay outexpend moneyRate it:

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lay to restTo bury one who has died.Rate it:

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lay upTo take out of active service.Rate it:

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lay upTo go out of active service.Rate it:

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lay your cards on the tableTo be ​honest about ​your ​feelings and ​intentions.Rate it:

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Lay Your Cards on the TableTo be open in discussing plans and facts, to reveal something candidly to someoneRate it:

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le beurre et l'argent du beurreone's cake and eating it too; two mutually exclusive things, such that one can only choose one over anotherRate it:

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le bien mal acquis ne profite jamaisIll-gotten gains benefit no one; Cheats never prosper; Ill got, ill spent.Rate it:

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le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte pour le sot, l'honnête homme trompé s'éloigne et ne dit mot,Rows are for muffs, ’tis only fools complain. The gentleman deceived will grin and bear the pain.Rate it:

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le fort portant le faibleOne thing with another; On an average.Rate it:

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le livre vient de paraîtreThe book is just out, just published.Rate it:

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le pauvre homme est toujours (comme un chien) à l'attacheThe poor man is a very slave, is compelled to work hard and constantly.Rate it:

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le repentir vient ordinairement trop tardDo a thing in haste and repent at leisure.Rate it:

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le roi jean a crevé les yeux à arthurKing John caused Arthur’s eyes to be put out.Rate it:

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le scélérat se brûla la cervelleThe scoundrel blew his brains out.Rate it:

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le tiers et le quartTom, Dick, and Harry.Rate it:

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le vert fait bien avec le roseGreen goes well with pink; Pink and green are fit for a queen.Rate it:

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le vin entre, la raison sortWhen ale is in, wit is out.Rate it:

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leadI would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. — Bacon.Rate it:

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lead a charmed lifeTo always be lucky and safe from danger.Rate it:

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lead outA race tactic, used to set up a rider for a sprint finish, in which one rider on a team will ride at a very high rate of speed with a teammate following directly behind in his slipstream thus enabling the following rider to gain speed without expending as much energy as he normally would. See drafting.Rate it:

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lead timeThe amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.Rate it:

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lead with one's chinTo leave one's chin unprotected.Rate it:

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lead with one's chinTo behave without caution; to make oneself vulnerable.Rate it:

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leading lightAn acclaimed expert, one of the foremost experts, a luminary.Rate it:

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leaf outTo open its buds.Rate it:

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leaf peepersPeople who go to places when and where the leaves are changing colors to see the beauty of the red, orange, yellow and green colors on the landscape.Rate it:

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leak outTo come out of, because of a leakRate it:

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leak outto be revealed (especially, of information intended to be kept secret)Rate it:

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lean and meanEfficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective.Rate it:

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lean inTo shift one's weight forward; to lean forward or towards something.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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lean intoTo accept something negative but unchangeable; to find a way to benefit from, or alleviate the harm of, risk, uncertainty and difficult situations.Rate it:

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