keep on truckin' »
To continue or persist, regardless of circumstances or setbacks; to keep trying or striving.
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keep up »
To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
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keep up with the Joneses »
To do or buy things for status, show, or image rather than out of need, especially for the purpose of competing with friends or neighbors.
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kick off »
To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.
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kill off »
To eliminate, or make extinct.
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knee high to a grasshopper »
Short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child.
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knock out of the box »
To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
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knock up »
To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-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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l'esprit de l'escalier »
The experience of thinking of a devastating rejoinder only after leaving the scene of the debate.
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lay down »
To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
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lead »
A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
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legal duty »
A duty prescribed by the law, to act or forbear from acting.
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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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let the good times roll »
To have fun or live fully; may imply letting things that are going well proceed.
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