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check your attitude (at the door)The speaker is warning the listener that their attitude may have adverse effects and advising that the listener change their attitude. Adding "at the door" at the end of this phrases means to leave your attitude outside/don't bring that attitude in hereRate it:

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check your ego at the door!A direct, crisp, critical rejoinder to another, 'to leave their egoism without the room', {at the door}!Rate it:

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chew somebody outTo berate; to shout at someone.Rate it:

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clear awayTo leave, disappearRate it:

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clear offTo leave abruptlyRate it:

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clear outto leave quicklyRate it:

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cling toTo remain by side; to refuse to leave the company of someone to whom one has an intense emotional attachment.Rate it:

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come awayTo leave a place or cease an activity in a particular mood or condition.Rate it:

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come throughNot to let somebody down, keep one's promise.Rate it:

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come to somebody's aidTo assist and rescue someone.Rate it:

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commeatum militibus dare (opp. petere)to give furlough, leave of absence to soldiers.Rate it:

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cop offto leave school earlyRate it:

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courir sur le haricotto get somebody's goat, to exasperate, to annoyRate it:

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crawl back under your rockleave; get out of here; go back where you came fromRate it:

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crowd outTo force to leave by crowding; to push out or away.Rate it:

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cut somebody some slackTo be patient or lenient with somebody; to relax standards or expectations.Rate it:

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darken somebody's doorstepTo enter somebody else's home uninvited.Rate it:

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dash offTo leave a place quickly or briefly.Rate it:

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dawn onTo occur to somebody; to be realized.Rate it:

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déloger sans tambour ni trompetteTo leave without beat of drum.Rate it:

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déménager à la cloche de bois (fam.)To shoot the moon; To leave a house without paying one’s rent or one’s creditors.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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did i stutter?Something said to a person who asks again and again, “what did you say?” Or someone who won’t hear you when you said “no” or “leave me alone” the first time and keeps annoyingly asking for your input.Rate it:

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ding, ding, ding, we have a winnerSaid when somebody answers a question correctly.Rate it:

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dip outTo leave a place without telling anyone.Rate it:

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discedere a, de, ex loco aliquoto leave a place.Rate it:

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do not disturbUsed to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.Rate it:

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do one's businessTo ruin somebody.Rate it:

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do you have childrenUsed to ask whether somebody is a parent of children.Rate it:

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

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don't pass goTo say that somebody is obliged to do something without question.Rate it:

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don't pass goTo say that somebody is not to do anything without receiving further instructions.Rate it:

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drive awayTo force someone or something to leave.Rate it:

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drive offTo force to leave or go away.Rate it:

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drop a lineTalk stuff say your words put somebody downRate it:

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drop offTo deliver; to deposit or leave.Rate it:

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drop outPrematurely and voluntarily leave (school, a race, or the like).Rate it:

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drop somebody a lineTo write, call or visit somebody.Rate it:

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eat out of somebody's handTo behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.Rate it:

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eat out of someone's handTo behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.Rate it:

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egg somebody onTo tease, provoke or encourage.Rate it:

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egredi loco; excedere ex locoto leave a place.Rate it:

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einen Bären aufbindento trick; to cheat somebodyRate it:

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ex pueris excedereto leave one's boyhood behind one, become a man.Rate it:

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excuse meSaid as a request to pass somebody.Rate it:

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exit stage leftLeave the scene, and don't make a fuss.Rate it:

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f** someone overTo exploit somebody in a way which result in an advantage to oneself, at the cost of the other party gaining a considerable disadvantage.Rate it:

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face to faceIn person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.Rate it:

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Fair-Weather FriendSomeone who is your friend only when you are successful and prosperous but leave you in the time of needRate it:

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faire charlemagneTo leave off a winner, without giving one’s adversaries a chance of revenge.Rate it:

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