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laugh downTo cause to be given up on account of ridicule.Rate it:

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laugh like a drainTo laugh with a loud, coarse soundRate it:

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laugh like a hyenaTo laugh hystericallyRate it:

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lay backTo lie down on one's back; to lie back.Rate it:

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lay downTo sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life.".Rate it:

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lay downTo specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate .Rate it:

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lay downTo lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.Rate it:

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lay downTo stock, store for the future. See also lay by.Rate it:

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lay downTo give up, surrender, or yield , usually by placing it on the ground.Rate it:

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lay down the lawTo authoritatively or dogmatically assert what is permitted or not permitted.Rate it:

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lay down the lawTo present the law that applies to a given case.Rate it:

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lay down the lawTo promulgate law.Rate it:

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lay down the markerTo set the standard.Rate it:

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le navire a péri corps et biensThe ship went down with all hands on board.Rate it:

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le style c'est l'hommeStyle is the man himself; Like author, like book.Rate it:

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le temps est à la pluieIt looks like rain.Rate it:

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leadA roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.Rate it:

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leadA thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.Rate it:

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leadBullets.Rate it:

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leadI would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. — Bacon.Rate it:

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leadTo estimate velocity in knots.Rate it:

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leadUsed in pencils.Rate it:

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leadVertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.Rate it:

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leadSheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.Rate it:

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lead a charmed lifeTo always be lucky and safe from danger.Rate it:

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lead astrayTo influence to have bad habits or to behave improperly or illegallyRate it:

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lead astrayTo cause to believe an untruth.Rate it:

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lead astrayTo misguide or misdirect.Rate it:

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lead by the noseTo cause to follow blindly.Rate it:

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lead down a garden pathTo mislead; to seduce.Rate it:

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lead inAlternative form of lead-inRate it:

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lead nowhereTo have no purpose, to result in nothing.Rate it:

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lead offThe first batter of an inning.Rate it:

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lead offThe first batter in the batting order.Rate it:

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lead offThe short distance that a player stands away from their current base.Rate it:

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lead onto mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.Rate it:

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lead onto encourage with the illusion of a romantic relationship.Rate it:

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lead outA race tactic, used to set up a rider for a sprint finish, in which one rider on a team will ride at a very high rate of speed with a teammate following directly behind in his slipstream thus enabling the following rider to gain speed without expending as much energy as he normally would. See drafting.Rate it:

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lead someone down the garden pathTo deceive, hoodwink.Rate it:

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lead the lineTo play as centre forward.Rate it:

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lead timeThe amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.Rate it:

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lead up toTo follow or mark a path toward.Rate it:

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lead up toTo precede in time.Rate it:

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lead up toTo set in motion; to act as a causal or preparatory event or sequence of events.Rate it:

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lead with one's chinTo behave without caution; to make oneself vulnerable.Rate it:

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lead with one's chinTo leave one's chin unprotected.Rate it:

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Lead You by the NoseTo have a control over someone, to be in authorityRate it:

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leave nothing to the imaginationHe stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.Rate it:

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les cheveux en brosseHair cut short (standing up like the bristles of a brush).Rate it:

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les fatigues ont cassé cet hommeHardships have broken that man down.Rate it:

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