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the manThe man gets you down.Rate it:

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turn offTo power down; to stop a device by switching it off.Rate it:

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couch potatoA person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.Rate it:

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easy does itRelax; do something gently, lightly or carefully; slow down; calm down.Rate it:

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blow overTo pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down.Rate it:

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arsy versyTumbling upside down; head over heels; backwards.Rate it:

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close offTo seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.Rate it:

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curveballA forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve".Rate it:

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drop a lineTalk stuff say your words put somebody downRate it:

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home in onTo focus or narrow down to something; to find or draw closer, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.Rate it:

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l'appétit vient en mangeantOne leg of mutton helps down another; The more one has the more one wants; Begin to eat, you’ll soon be hungry.Rate it:

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live it upIn the aftermath of successful ventures, many individuals often express a desire to celebrate or party, let down their hair and Live it up!Rate it:

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put backTo drink fast; to knock down alcohol.Rate it:

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winter ratAn old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season.Rate it:

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boiSomeone looking down on the person, Critically saying that a thing is wrong here.Rate it:

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calm your titsCalm down! (Used to tell someone to relax when they are agitated, angry, overexcited, etc.)Rate it:

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hold your fireWait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.Rate it:

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walk like an EgyptianTo walk with one arm horizontally at the side, with arm bent at the elbow facing up, and the other arm horizontally at the side with arm bent at the elbow facing down.Rate it:

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ass over teakettleTumbling upside down.Rate it:

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back upFor the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.Rate it:

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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guarded rightsThose rights laid down by a constitution as being guaranteed to all individuals in the society; human rights.Rate it:

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long gameThe portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.Rate it:

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mess withTo diss; to put down.Rate it:

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three greena confirmation given by the pilots that the landing gear has gone down successfully and has locked.Rate it:

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zero in onTo successfully narrow down a search.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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burn rubberTo accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.Rate it:

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depuis sa faillite il file un mauvais coton (fam.)Since his failure, his health (or, reputation) has entirely broken down.Rate it:

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rat runA small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.Rate it:

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silver spoonWealth passed down or inherited.Rate it:

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tipsy turvyupside downRate it:

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BroadwayThe wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.Rate it:

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chalk outTo write down using chalkRate it:

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thumb-warsInterlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.Rate it:

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садитесь, пожалуйстаplease sit down; please get onRate it:

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ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)to lay down arms.Rate it:

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abire magistratuto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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above the foldThe term "above the fold" refers to the part of a webpage that users can see without scrolling down.Rate it:

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aegritudine afflictum, debilitatum esse, iacēreto be bowed down, prostrated by grief.Rate it:

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aestu rursus minuentewhen the tide begins to go down.Rate it:

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agmen, exercitum demittere in...to march down on to...Rate it:

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alicui acceptum referre aliquid (Verr. 2. 70. 170)to put down to a man's credit.Rate it:

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alicui expensum ferre aliquidto put a thing down to a man's account.Rate it:

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aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position.Rate it:

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amber gamblerA driver of a road vehicle who accelerates when the traffic lights change from green to amber (instead of stopping, as required by law), gambling that no vehicle will cross his or her path; a driver who starts off when the traffic lights show red and amber together, but not yet green.Rate it:

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angle for farthingsTo beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.Rate it:

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animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)to be cast down, discouraged, in despair.Rate it:

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annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fitthe price of corn is going down.Rate it:

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Appia via proficiscito set out by the Appian road.Rate it:

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