jack in »
To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.
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jack-tar »
Alternative spelling of jacktar.
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jet setting »
The actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.
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jet-setting »
The actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.
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keep one's cards close to one's chest »
To avoid revealing one's thoughts, circumstances, or plans.
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keep one's pecker up »
Remain cheerful; keep smiling.
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key off »
To take as a controlling input datum.
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kindred soul »
Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself; kindred spirit.
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kindred spirit »
Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself.
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knock up »
In the morning as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.
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knock-on effect »
The continued running of an engine after the ignition has been turned off; dieseling.
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ladies man »
Alternative spelling of lady's man.
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ladies' man »
Alternative spelling of lady's man.
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lemon law »
A law dealing with defective items, especially automobiles, and consumers' rights.
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let sleeping dogs lie »
To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.
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