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up in armsTo be angry or upsetRate it:

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babe in armsAn infant.Rate it:

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coat of armsheraldic insigniaRate it:

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man at armsa soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periodsRate it:

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small armsFirearms designed to be carried and fired by a single person; often held in the hand.Rate it:

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up in armsTo be angry or upsetRate it:

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up in armsAngry; preparing for a fight.Rate it:

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with open armsWith enthusiasm, as if embracing.Rate it:

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one-horse raceA horse race in which a single horse takes such a considerable lead that the other horses are no longer contenders to win.Rate it:

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rat raceAn activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.Rate it:

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pissin like a race horseTo urinate profusely.Rate it:

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race queenA glamorous model, part of the pit crew in Japanese motor racing.Rate it:

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play the race cardMark Fuhrman, Murder in Brentwood p.153.Rate it:

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bon chien chasse de raceLes enfants ont les qualités de leurs parents.Rate it:

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bon chien chasse de raceLike sire, like son; Cat after kind.Rate it:

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caucus raceThe competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, esp. presidential; a primary election via caucus.Rate it:

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caucus raceA political competition; the game of campaigning and one-upmanship to get votes and be elected.Rate it:

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il chasse de raceHe is a chip of the old block.Rate it:

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no horse in this raceNo vested interest in the outcome of a contest or debate.Rate it:

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one's race is runOne's life has reached its end; one is dead or soon to die.Rate it:

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one-horse raceAn election campaign or other competitive situation in which only one competitor is entered or in which only one competitor has a realistic chance of winning.Rate it:

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play the race cardDonald A. Carson, Love in Hard Places p.94.Rate it:

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play the race cardTo assert that race or racism is responsible for a course of events, especially when race is not of particular significance to the issue in question; to attempt to inspire a particular reaction by raising the issue of race.Rate it:

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putain de sa raceExprime l’irritation, l’exaspération, la colère.Rate it:

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race against timeA situation in which something must be done hurriedly, by a deadline.Rate it:

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race out of the trapsTo start something very quickly.Rate it:

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Rat RaceSevere, long-lasting and stressing competition in the society or in businessRate it:

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ta raceExprime le refus ou l'indignation.Rate it:

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ball upTo hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.Rate it:

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once you go black, you never go backAn expression assuming that once a person of another race gets in a sexual relationship with a black person they won't return to their own race.Rate it:

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lionA stylized representation of a large cat, used on a coat of arms.Rate it:

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lionThe arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. . See talk page.Rate it:

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reach-aroundA passing style in which the ballhandler performs a crossover step in the direction of the intended pass and then extends his or her arms to throw the pass around the defender.Rate it:

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snowmanA humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks, a carrot, and stones or coal.Rate it:

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à bras ouvertswith open armsRate it:

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ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)to lay down arms.Rate it:

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ad arma conclamare (Liv. 3. 50)to call to arms.Rate it:

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ad arma concurrereto rush to arms.Rate it:

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ad vim et arma descendere (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly...)to have recourse to force of arms.Rate it:

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arm upto supply, or be supplied with, arms (weapons)Rate it:

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arma abicereto throw away one's arms.Rate it:

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arma capere, sumereto take up one's arms.Rate it:

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arma ponere (not deponere)to pile arms (cf. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...).Rate it:

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às armasto arms !Rate it:

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bar sinisterA bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.Rate it:

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battre l'appelTo call to arms.Rate it:

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bellum conficere, perficereto terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents).Rate it:

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compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)to sit with folded arms; to be inactive.Rate it:

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dead heatA close race or contest in which no winner is apparent.Rate it:

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doucement va bien loinFair and softly goes far; Slow and sure wins the race.Rate it:

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