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cut acrossTo take a shortcut over or through.Rate it:

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cut cornersTo do a less than thorough or complete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts.Rate it:

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cut downPut down, deprecate, put someone in their place, tell 'em off, demean, cut someone down to size.Rate it:

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cut inEspecially, to dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner.Rate it:

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cut swathesThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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cut throughto take a shortcut throughRate it:

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Cut to the QuickTo hurt someone in a grave manner; to act cold or unkindRate it:

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dalla padella alla braceout of the frying pan, into the fireRate it:

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dar las tantascause someone to take a long timeRate it:

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de gaieté de cœurOut of pure wantonness.Rate it:

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dead meatSomeone in danger of death or severe punishment.Rate it:

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dead men tell no talesOnce someone is dead, they can no longer communicate, hence killing someone is the best way to keep him/her quiet.Rate it:

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dead men's shoesA position or property that is only attainable by someone else upon the current holder's death.Rate it:

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dead ringerSomeone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.Rate it:

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deal a handTo assign life circumstances to someone.Rate it:

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deal into deal cards to someone entering a game.Rate it:

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débarrasse-moi le plancher (fam.)Get out of my way.Rate it:

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deferri, deici aliquoto be driven out of one's course; to drift.Rate it:

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delectari aliqua reto take pleasure in a thing.Rate it:

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delight into enjoy; to take pleasure inRate it:

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demittere aliquid in pectus or in pectus animumque suumto take a thing to heart.Rate it:

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denial is not a river in EgyptUsed to point out that somebody is in a state of psychological denial.Rate it:

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deprehendere aliquem (in aliqua re)to catch a person, find him out.Rate it:

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deprehendere aliquem in manifesto scelereto take a person in the act.Rate it:

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der Amtsschimmel wiehertthere is an excessive amount of bureaucracy; someone or some organization is being excessively bureaucraticRate it:

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des gens endimanchésFolk rigged out in their Sunday best.Rate it:

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dirt fileA compilation of negative gossip or facts about someone.Rate it:

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discessionem facere (Sest. 34. 74)to take the vote (by division).Rate it:

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divvy upTo divide or parcel out.Rate it:

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do offTo take off.Rate it:

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Do or DieTo get complete success or failure; to take the chance of destroy oneself in trying to succeedRate it:

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do the dishesto wash out all the dishes after dinnersRate it:

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do you have any brothers or sistersUsed to ask whether someone has any siblings.Rate it:

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do you kiss your mother with that mouth?Alternative, longer form of "you kiss your mother with that mouth?"; typically said after and because someone cursedRate it:

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do you mindUsed to politely ask someone for a favour.Rate it:

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do you mindUsed to inform someone that they are being intrusive or annoying.Rate it:

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do you think you can walkAsked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.Rate it:

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dob inTo betray someone by informing on them.Rate it:

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dog in the mangerSomeone who denies to others something that he or she cannot use.Rate it:

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doing somebody else's laundryShe married someone else.Rate it:

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domo pedem non efferreto never set foot out of doors.Rate it:

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don't get your dander all in an uproarDon't get upset or too bothered; usually said to calm someone down from being too angry; Also said this way: Don't get your dander upRate it:

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don't threaten me with a good timea way of saying emphatically that you'd love to do something, after someone just mentioned something to doRate it:

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don't cross your bridge until you arrive at the river!Your reminder George, was very wise: You advised that I not count my money regarding sale of wheelbarrows until we were down to ten count out of the one hundred previously in the stockroomLRate it:

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don't drop the soap(idiomatic) Used as a mockery to someone who is about to be or should be confined in prison.Rate it:

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don't feed the trollSaid to urge another not to respond to disruptive attention-seeking behavior, particularly in online contexts, by pointing out any such response is likely to be counterproductive.Rate it:

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don't think twice!In general; A strongly worded. forcefully delivered non-military admonishment to another individual of equal or unequal rank for immediate unquestionable immediate physical action, acceptance of proposal, signature of instant acceptance, 'second the motion'! 'jump the gap', 'sever the line', 'jump overboard'!, "BAIL-OUT!",Rate it:

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don't zig when you should zag, once you find true love.Make the right steps and not the wrong ones when you have someone who loves you and/or you are in a relationship, in order to keep love and not lose it.Rate it:

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donnant donnantfair's fair, give and takeRate it:

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donner le tournisto make someone's head spinRate it:

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