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go down the wrong wayTo swallow food or drink so that it goes down the wrong tube in one's throat and makes one cough or for a short period lose one's breath or choke.Rate it:

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Go Over Like a Lead BalloonTo let down and collapse badlyRate it:

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grind downTo weaken someone's morale over a long period.Rate it:

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gun downTo kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.Rate it:

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gutter outTo dwindle down to nothing.Rate it:

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hand downTo transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor.Rate it:

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hand downTo forward to the proper officer .Rate it:

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hand me downClothes reworn, often by a younger siblingRate it:

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haul downTo violently cause to fall to the ground.Rate it:

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have a seatA polite directive to sit down.Rate it:

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have a seatTo sit down; to take a seat.Rate it:

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have something down patTo know something or be able to do something perfectly. Be perfect master of something.Rate it:

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head over heelsTumbling upside down.Rate it:

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heavy handedCome down hard on something or someone.Rate it:

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high five. down low. too slow.Something Americans do to have fun and form friendships--a bonding thing; camaraderie.Rate it:

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historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)history has handed down to us.Rate it:

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hold cheapTo have a low esteem for; to look down upon; to hold in contempt.Rate it:

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hold downTo continue, to hold and to manage well.Rate it:

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hose downTo calm down a person, or a situation.Rate it:

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hose downTo spray thoroughly with a hose.Rate it:

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hunt downTo hunt something and capture or kill it.Rate it:

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hunt downTo find with difficulty.Rate it:

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hunt outTo track down; to find after searching for a whileRate it:

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hush downTo become quiet; to cease making sounds.Rate it:

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hush downTo quieten; to make quietRate it:

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il a l'air de revenir de pontoiseHe looks down in the mouth; He answers in a silly fashion.Rate it:

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il était tout choseHe was out of sorts; out of spirits; cast down.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas se déchausser pour manger celaIt is not worth while sitting down to eat that.Rate it:

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il s'est rangéHe has settled down (after sowing his wild oats).Rate it:

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il se promenait de long en largeHe was walking up and down, to and fro.Rate it:

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il va de la cave au grenier1. He rambles in his talk. 2. He writes very unevenly (up and down).Rate it:

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ils nous ont fait une france à leur taille (béranger )They have brought France down to their level.Rate it:

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imperium deponere (Rep. 2. 12. 23)to lay down one's power.Rate it:

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in malis iacereto be broken down by misfortune.Rate it:

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in profundum deicito fall down into the abyss.Rate it:

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iter facere(1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare).Rate it:

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iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)to shake off the yoke of slavery.Rate it:

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iugum servitutis excutereto shake off the yoke of slavery.Rate it:

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jeter le gantthrow down the gauntletRate it:

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jot downto write down hurriedly; to make a note ofRate it:

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jump down someone's throatTo criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness.Rate it:

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Jump down Your ThroatTo scream and shout at someone in an angry wayRate it:

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just folksUnpretentious, informal, down-to-earth.Rate it:

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keep downTo restrain or control.Rate it:

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keep it downTo be quiet.Rate it:

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keep one's head downUsed other than as an idiom.Rate it:

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keep one's head downTo avoid trouble or attention.Rate it:

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keep one's shirt onTo be more patient or to calm down.Rate it:

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keep your heads down!A military admonishment to infantrymen while crawling under barbed wire or across terrain toward the enemy.Rate it:

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key downTo relax.Rate it:

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