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let's be having youExpression to encourage someone to hurry up and move somewhere.Rate it:

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let's go brandonMade famous during the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at the Talladega Speedway in Alabama, after Brandon Brown lands his first career win.Rate it:

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libera contumacia Socratis (Tusc. 1. 29. 71)the frank but defiant demeanour of Socrates (before his judges).Rate it:

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lick one's woundsHe's just off licking his wounds. He'll be back to try again.Rate it:

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lick the pants offTo thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.Rate it:

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lie aroundTo be in an unknown place.Rate it:

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lie beforeto put oneself at the whim of, to bow down toRate it:

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lie withto have sex, sexual relations with someoneRate it:

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like a deer caught in the headlightsReferring to someone who looks or acts startled like a deer in the road as a car approaches at night.Rate it:

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like speaking to a brick walla saying used of the difficulty of talking to someone who is not listeningRate it:

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line upto put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth runningRate it:

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line upTo put things in a lineRate it:

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link whoreSomeone who goes to great lengths to get other people to link to his/her website or blog.Rate it:

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link whoringThe practice of going out of one's way to place links to one's website on someone else's webpage.Rate it:

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lion's denAny dangerous or frightening place.Rate it:

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liquor upTo cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.Rate it:

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litteris mandare or consignare aliquid (Acad. 2. 1. 2)to put down in writing.Rate it:

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live oneSomeone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed.Rate it:

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live oneSomeone who is eccentric, nonconformist, or otherwise peculiar.Rate it:

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live outto pass time or to pass the remainder of one's life, especially in a particular place or situationRate it:

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lock awayTo lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.Rate it:

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locked in loveSomeone is obsessed with you that they ruin your life.Rate it:

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loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)to drive the enemy from his position.Rate it:

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loco or vestigio se non moverenot to stir from one's place.Rate it:

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lone gunmanAn individual person who acts on his or her own initiative, without partners, especially one who has sole responsibility for doing something questionable, confidential, or iniquitous.Rate it:

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lone wolfAn independent person; someone who has an 'independent' streak.Rate it:

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long forTo miss someoneRate it:

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Long in the ToothSomeone who gets old, aged or elderlyRate it:

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look daggersTo stare sharply at someone to indicate disapproval without actually speaking.Rate it:

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look for a dog to kickTo seek someone or something to blame.Rate it:

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look roundTo search a place.Rate it:

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look throughTo pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visibleRate it:

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look who's talkingused when someone receives criticism for something by someone else who is guilty of the same thingRate it:

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looney tunesan expression used to call someone crazy or insaneRate it:

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loose cannonAn uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to his own friends, faction, political party, etc.Rate it:

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Loose CannonWho easily loses his or her temper and gets out of controlRate it:

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loosen the apron stringsTo allow greater freedom (to someone); to relax control of (someone)Rate it:

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Lord's SupperThe Last Supper at Passover of Jesus with his disciples.Rate it:

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lose oneself into be deeply occupied, focused or absorbed in someone or somethingRate it:

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lose touchTo cease to be familiar with someone or something or to cease to communicate or have contact.Rate it:

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louse aroundTo slack off; be lazy; be a "parasite" to someone/something.Rate it:

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louse upMess up; confuse; put into a state of disorder.Rate it:

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love childA child born to a married man to someone not his wife.Rate it:

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love triangleWhen two people are romantically pursuing the same third person, or when one person is pursuing someone who is pursuing someone else.Rate it:

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lower the boom onTo punish someone.Rate it:

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luminibus alicuius obstruere, officereto obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building.Rate it:

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luminibus orbare aliquemto deprive a person of his eyes.Rate it:

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lump itTo endure, accept, put up with a situation one does not like.Rate it:

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lunatics have taken over the asylumSaid of a situation in which those in charge are incapable of handling their responsibilities, and should rather be put under scrutiny themselves.Rate it:

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lying through your teethA repulsive, indictment and accusation as to someone's statements or assertions. It smacks of a strong objection to the veracity of verbiage of another. Usage will enhance degradation and destroy any amicability.Rate it:

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