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play withTo sexually stimulate the genitals.Rate it:

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play with a full deckTo play a game with the availability of a team's full roster of players.Rate it:

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play with a full deckTo behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.Rate it:

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play with oneselfTo masturbate.Rate it:

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rain stopped playThe cessation of an activity or operation due to rain.Rate it:

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run of playA passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.Rate it:

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turnabout is fair playIt is allowable to retaliate against an enemy's dirty tricks by using the same ones against him.Rate it:

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two can play at that gameAlternative form of two can play that gameRate it:

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two can play this gameAlternative form of two can play that gameRate it:

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when the cat's away the mice will playIn the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.Rate it:

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word playUsed other than as an idiom: see word, play.Rate it:

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word playA technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names.Rate it:

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break a leg!This is a common English phrase that is used to wish someone good luck before they perform in a play or other event.Rate it:

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c'est autant de pris sur l'ennemiSo much saved out of the fire; So much to the good.Rate it:

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combattre le feu par le feuto fight fire with fireRate it:

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flame outburn up, fire up, flame up, flare upRate it:

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game outTo run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.Rate it:

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Tinker to Evers to ChanceA famous baseball infield double-play combination.Rate it:

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act as tourch bearerWhen someone play significant role in others lifeRate it:

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beyond wordsIn recalling an incident, in observing an accident, any or all of which can be disastrous and shocking. A destructive fire and explosion may leave one awestruck and beyond words to describe.Rate it:

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horse aroundTo play or fiddle; to clown; to do nothing of importance or consequence.Rate it:

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short-sheetTo play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.Rate it:

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toy withPlay, esp. with or as with a toy.Rate it:

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act outTo go through the process of a scene from a play, a charade or a pointless exercise.Rate it:

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ante upTo pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card gameRate it:

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bunk offTo play truant.Rate it:

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burn upTo catch fire and burn until destroyed.Rate it:

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game outTo play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more.Rate it:

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home teamThe team that's playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team.Rate it:

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hose downTo put out or reduce a fire by squirting water on the fire with a hose.Rate it:

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mess aroundTo joke, kid, or play.Rate it:

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pin down1) Hold Under Submission, (Wrestling: 2) Restrain enemy attack, return fire, and movement: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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aggiungere esca al fuocoto add fuel to fireRate it:

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airmailTo throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.Rate it:

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il n'a pas inventé la poudreHe will never set the Thames on fire.Rate it:

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jouer la belleTo play the rubber (or third game, to see which of the players is the conqueror).Rate it:

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put onTo play recorded music.Rate it:

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deadNot in play.Rate it:

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fresh legsSomebody who has yet to play in a match, and therefore has plenty of energy.Rate it:

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lead the lineTo play as centre forward.Rate it:

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Pull the Wool over Your EyesTo play trick with someone making him or her fool, to deceive or cheat someoneRate it:

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à vous le déIt is your turn to play (at dice). [See Avoir.]Rate it:

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absent le chat, les souris dansentwhen the cat's away the mice will playRate it:

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accendere, incendere aedificiato set buildings on fire.Rate it:

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ack ackanti aircraft fireRate it:

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all the world's a stagePeople have roles to play in life just as actors do in the theatre.Rate it:

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animos militum accendereto fire with courage.Rate it:

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area of influenceA geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations by maneuver or fire support systems normally under the commander's command or control.Rate it:

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blaze awayto fire (firearms) repeatedlyRate it:

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