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light paintingA painting created using one of these techniques.Rate it:

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light skirtAlternative spelling of lightskirtRate it:

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light upTo become light, to brighten.Rate it:

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light upTo bring light to something, to brighten.Rate it:

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make light ofTo regard without due seriousness; to joke or disregard inappropriately.Rate it:

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make light work ofThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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many hands make light workA large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.Rate it:

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Out like a LightQuickly asleep, unconscious, sleeping soundlyRate it:

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out like a lightAsleep or unconscious, particularly if this has occurred suddenly and the sleep is deep.Rate it:

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ray of lighta path a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of lightRate it:

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ray of lightan inspiring or enlightening person or thingRate it:

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red lightA warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating ‘stop’..Rate it:

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run a red lightTo claim a position that one does not rightfully earn.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo pass a political bill that is clearly based on false premises.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo enter a restricted area. To trespass.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo pass through the traffic light when the red light is on.Rate it:

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see the lightTo undergo a spiritual conversion.Rate it:

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see the light of dayTo appear; to be realised.Rate it:

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seeing in day lightusually also, with a surprise mark at the end of the idiom, it is a suffix or a prefix about events, which are surprising, happened or while happening, expressing the teller, astonishment.Rate it:

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shed light onTo illuminate; to make clear.Rate it:

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shed light uponIlluminate to the understanding; make intelligible; clarify or explain (something unknown).Rate it:

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stand in one's own lightTo take a position which is harmful to one's own interests.Rate it:

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strike a lightRefers to a 'red headed ' person. As a friendly greeting, to state obviously (noticing their hair colour), refers to a brand of matches ('Redheads')Rate it:

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trick of the lightIllusion due to lightRate it:

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give a damnTo be concerned about, have an interest in, to care.Rate it:

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give a shitTo care, often used in the negative.Rate it:

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give aboutto spread a rumourRate it:

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give birthTo produce new life into the world; to have a baby. Transitive when used with to.Rate it:

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give birthTo invent a new idea.Rate it:

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give meform of words used as a request by a telephone-user to be connected with a specified person, number, etc.Rate it:

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give overUsually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.Rate it:

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give up the ghostTo quit; to cease functioning.Rate it:

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not give someone the time of dayTo ignore someone deliberately; to refuse to talk or pay attention to someone.Rate it:

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give him enough rope and he'll hang himselfIf one gives someone enough freedom of action, they may destroy themselves by foolish actions.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something than to do it for them.Rate it:

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give inTo collapse or fall.Rate it:

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give someone a big headTo flatter someone excessively; to overpraise someone, usually resulting in them becoming proud, arrogant or conceited.Rate it:

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give someone staticTo chew out; to lecture.Rate it:

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not give a monkey'sNot to have the slightest interest or concern.Rate it:

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give a fuckto care.Rate it:

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give someone the slipTo evade, escape, or get away from somebody.Rate it:

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give something a tryTo try or attempt.Rate it:

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give up the ghostTo cease clinging to life; to die.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them.Rate it:

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give a ringOn the telephone.Rate it:

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give it one's best shotTo make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible.Rate it:

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give pauseTo give somebody cause for concern.Rate it:

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give somebody what-forTo admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody.Rate it:

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wouldn't give two hoots n a holler / ... two hoots and a hollerdefinition: it isn't worth much, or I wouldn't put much stock in it - it is not believable, or wouldn't pay attention to it.Rate it:

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give someone pauseTo give somebody cause for concern.Rate it:

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