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out to lunchAway eating lunch or for a midday break; especially, away from work or a job.Rate it:

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over the hills and far awayfar away, not near.Rate it:

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pack awayTo eat a great deal.Rate it:

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pack awayTo store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term.Rate it:

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pack awayBeautifully wrapped giftRate it:

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pack offTo send away, with belongings, for a long time.Rate it:

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pack upTo clear away.Rate it:

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pass awayTo die.Rate it:

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passer de vie à trépasto pass away, to dieRate it:

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peel awayTo take away from somewhere elseRate it:

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peel awayTo separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.Rate it:

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peel awayTo become separate from peelingRate it:

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peg awayTo keep working at somethingRate it:

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peg backTo equalize against; to prevent the opposition from winning.Rate it:

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peg downTo fasten something to the ground using pegs.Rate it:

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peg downTo identify clearly.Rate it:

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peg itTo run away; to leg it; to scarper.Rate it:

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peg outTo move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo mark with pegs. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo die. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo finish a game of croquet. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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peg outTo hang up using pegs. [from 20th c.]Rate it:

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pick away atTo continually or inexorably harm someone; to continue to do harm; to needle over time; to weaken someone over time.Rate it:

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piss awayTo spend wastefully.Rate it:

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piss offTo leave, to go away.Rate it:

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play awayTo be sexually unfaithful out of one's homeRate it:

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plug awayTo persist or continue, as with an effort.Rate it:

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praecipitem ferri aliqua re (Verr. 5. 46. 121)to be carried away by something.Rate it:

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prendre le largeTo run for the offing (nav.); To run away.Rate it:

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prope (propius, proxime) abesseto be not far away.Rate it:

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pull awayTo move ahead.Rate it:

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pull someone down a pegTo lower someone's high self-opinion.Rate it:

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push offTo go away; to get lost.Rate it:

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put awayTo strike out a batter.Rate it:

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put awayTo store away, place out of the way, clean up, or organize.Rate it:

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put awayDivorce.Rate it:

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put awaysaveRate it:

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put awayTo eat a great deal.Rate it:

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put awayTo send someone to prison.Rate it:

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put awayTo catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.Rate it:

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put awayTo take a large lead in a game.Rate it:

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put upTo store away.Rate it:

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quand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansentwhen the cat's away the mice will playRate it:

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rabattre le caquet à quelqu'un (pop.)To take a person down a peg; To stop his jaw; To cut his cackle.Rate it:

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rack offTo go away; to sod off.Rate it:

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rendre l'âmeto pass away; to give up the ghostRate it:

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ridden hard and put away wetMistreated; not properly cared for.Rate it:

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right awayVery soon; quickly; immediately.Rate it:

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rode hard and put away wetA graphic way of saying someone is exhausted or. overworkedRate it:

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run awayTo flee by running.Rate it:

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