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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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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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drop offTo fall asleep.Rate it:

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drop offTo deliver; to deposit or leave.Rate it:

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drop off the radarTo vanish or fall into obscurity.Rate it:

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dry offTo become dry.Rate it:

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dummy upTo make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.Rate it:

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dust offTo remove dust from something.Rate it:

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dust off a batterfor a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.Rate it:

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Easy As Rolling Off a LogExtremely easy; need no effortRate it:

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easy peasy (lemon squeezy)a rhyming expression for saying something is very easy, straight forward; also written easy-peasy; See also: piece of cake; a walk in the park; as easy as falling off a log; easy as pieRate it:

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eat your face offto eat huge quantities of delicious food for the pure joy of eatingRate it:

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eeny meeny miney moe(short version) a way of choosing someone or something by counting off items one by one until the last word falls on a person or item to the full rhyme which is: eeny meany miney moe catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him go eeny meeny miney moe Whichever item falls on the last word "moe" that's the one that is chosen, for example to be "it" to start a game or to choose sides for teams. There are only four words per line that count. The last line "eeny meeny money moe" was later replaced by My mother said to pick the very best one and you are not it" (all words count for one as each person (item) is tapped.Rate it:

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emporter ses cliques et ses claquesTo clear off, bag and baggage.Rate it:

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entendre raillerieNot to be offended at a joke; To stand chaff well.Rate it:

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

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être gros jean comme devantTo be no better off than one was before, in spite of all one’s efforts.Rate it:

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être marqué à l'ATo stand high in the estimation of others.Rate it:

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ex aqua exstareto stand out of the water.Rate it:

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excipere aliquem fugientemto cut off some one's flight.Rate it:

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eximere de reis aliquemto strike a person's name off the list of the accused.Rate it:

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face offThe starting point, in a match of ice hockey. Two players face each other, for snatching the puck.Rate it:

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faire charlemagneTo leave off a winner, without giving one’s adversaries a chance of revenge.Rate it:

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faire chierto piss off, to annoy or irritateRate it:

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faire chierto have a nightmare, to be pissed offRate it:

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faire tacheto not belong; to stand out awkwardly.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 turnip truckTo be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.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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feed offto get stimulus from (an external object)Rate it:

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feed offTo consume as part of a dietRate it:

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fence offTo enclose an area within a fence.Rate it:

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fend offTo take defensive action, push against, veer away, avoid, steer away, retreat, tack, give strong vocal or signal warning.Rate it:

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ferre atque agere praedamto carry off booty.Rate it:

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fetch awayTo move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away a given position.Rate it:

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ficher le campto get the hell out; to get out of here; to bugger off; to scarperRate it:

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fight offTo succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.Rate it:

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fight offTo resist, particularly an infection or an emotion.Rate it:

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file offto remove using a fileRate it:

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file offto depart in single fileRate it:

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file off the serial numbersTo remove the copyrighted elements from an existing work of fan fiction so that it may be commercially published as original fiction.Rate it:

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first offFirstly; before anything else.Rate it:

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flat-footedTo firmly hold and maintain a decision; to stand one's ground.Rate it:

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flick offTo insult by showing them the back of one's fist with the middle finger extended.Rate it:

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flick offTo masturbate by flicking her clitoris with one's finger or fingers.Rate it:

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fly offto flee rapidly; to run away.Rate it:

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fly off at a tangentTo digress from a topic.Rate it:

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Fly Off the HandleTo get extremely furious and angry, unable to control temperRate it:

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