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one upTo outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.Rate it:

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one's left nutA very high price to be willing to pay for something; usually used after the verb give.Rate it:

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one-track mindThat said to be possessed by someone who is obsessed with something or only able to think of one thing.Rate it:

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one-upTo outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.Rate it:

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oopsie daisySomething you say to a child or someone who has just fallen down as you pick the up to reassure them that they are okay/not hurt. It also alerts the person that you are going to pick them up.Rate it:

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open bookSomething of which salient aspects are obvious or easily interpreted.Rate it:

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open fireTo begin firing at something or someone.Rate it:

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open mouth, insert footsaid when someone just said something they shouldn't have saidRate it:

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open one's legsTo open oneself up to sexual intercourse.Rate it:

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open seasonA situation in which someone is endangered, blamed, harassed, or opposed in a sustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed.Rate it:

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open someone's eyesTo become or be made aware of something that was not known or fully understood before.Rate it:

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open upTo reveal oneself; to become communicative.Rate it:

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opus locareto contract for the building of something.Rate it:

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or whatOr something else; allows for the existence of an unexpressed alternative to what was said.Rate it:

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orare et obsecrare aliquemto entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests.Rate it:

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orationem habere (Tusc. 5. 33. 94)to make a speech.Rate it:

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otio abūti or otium ad suum usum transferreto use up, make full use of one's spare time.Rate it:

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over one's skisActing or speaking prematurely; getting get ahead of oneself.Rate it:

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pacem facere cum aliquoto make peace with some one.Rate it:

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paddle one's own canoeTo independently make the decisions or perform the duties, tasks, etc. which are one's own responsibility and which affect oneself.Rate it:

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pair upTo get into pairs; to join together to make a group of two.Rate it:

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pale in comparisonto appear unimportant in relation to something else.Rate it:

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Par for the CourseSomething that is usual and conventional, as expectedRate it:

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parentare (Leg. 2. 21. 54)to make a sacrifice on the tomb of one's ancestors.Rate it:

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part and parcelAn integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else.Rate it:

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pass asTo be able to convince others that one is something contrary to fact; to look sufficiently like something or someone that one can purport to be it.Rate it:

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pass forTo be mistakenly seen as something that one is notRate it:

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pass overTo make a transit of; to pass through or across.Rate it:

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pass the buckTo place blame or responsibility onto someone else when someone is not willing to accept blame or responsibility for his or her own actions To make other person accept blame or responsibility which one is not willing to accept for his or her actions Being a leader, you will have to act wise without ever thinking to pass the buck, only then we will support you.Rate it:

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pass throughTo make something move through something else.Rate it:

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patch upto repair, to make betterRate it:

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pave the wayTo make future development easier.Rate it:

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pawn off asTo make a person or thing appear to be different than their true nature in order to fool someone else.Rate it:

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pay dividendsto bring about something good as a result of past effort or actions.Rate it:

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Pay Through the NoseTo pay high price for somethingRate it:

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payer de sa personneTo bravely expose oneself to danger; To risk one’s skin.Rate it:

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payer la goutte (fam.)To stand something to drink.Rate it:

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pee one's pantsto wet oneself, to urinate in one's clothes when they're being worn.Rate it:

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peel a grapeScore One!, Do Something Special, Contrive A Winner, Stand An Egg On End.Rate it:

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peg awayTo keep working at somethingRate it:

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peg downTo fasten something to the ground using pegs.Rate it:

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pencil outOf an investment, to make sense financially or to be expected to generate the desired returnsRate it:

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periculis se offerreto expose oneself to peril.Rate it:

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periculum facere alicuius reito make trial of; to risk.Rate it:

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periurium facere; peierareto commit perjury, perjure oneself.Rate it:

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perk upTo exalt oneself, take on a higher status or position.Rate it:

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perorare(1) to make one's peroration; (2) to deliver the closing speech (in a case where several speeches have been made).Rate it:

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phone inTo make a telephone call to a broadcasting station, especially to participate in a program being aired.Rate it:

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phone inTo make an unseemly, timid performance; to be restrained and timid when bold action is called for.Rate it:

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phone it into make an unseemly timid performance; to be restrained and timid when bold action is called forRate it:

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