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back intoTo back up or walk backwards and hit something.Rate it:

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brace abackto bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the shipRate it:

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bread-and-butterA saying specifically used to ward off bad luck when separating hands to walk either side of a treeRate it:

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bring up the rearTo be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.Rate it:

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brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.Rate it:

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cake walkSomething extremely easy.Rate it:

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cake walkA type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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clue stickA metaphorical stick used to beat information or understanding into a slow learner.Rate it:

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cock of the walkA proud or conceited person.Rate it:

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cock of the walkW:The Pogues - w:The Irish Rover.Rate it:

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come outTo walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.Rate it:

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crawl before you walkTo learn the basics before doing something at a more advanced level.Rate it:

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dim bulbA person who is slow-witted.Rate it:

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do a slow burnTo experience a gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration.Rate it:

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do you think you can walkAsked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.Rate it:

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doucement va bien loinFair and softly goes far; Slow and sure wins the race.Rate it:

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down lowAfter asking you to "high five" or saying "up top" someone will then say "down low". This means they are asking you to "high five" or tap the palm of their hand with the palm of your hand down lower--about waist high--as they extend their hand out toward you. If you don't respond timely they may take their hand away and say "too slow" then laugh. It's just something Americans do to have fun.Rate it:

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easy as pieVery easy. See also: piece of cake; a walk in the park; easy peasy; easy-peasy lemon squeezy; as easy as falling off a logRate it:

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easy does itRelax; do something gently, lightly or carefully; slow down; calm down.Rate it:

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easy peasy (lemon squeezy)a rhyming expression for saying something is very easy, straight forward; also written easy-peasy; See also: piece of cake; a walk in the park; as easy as falling off a log; easy as pieRate it:

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eat the windTo take a walk.Rate it:

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faire huit kilomètres à pied, à cheval, en voitureTo walk, ride, drive, five miles.Rate it:

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faire marcherto make someone walkRate it:

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fall forTo be fooled; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick.Rate it:

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fasces praeferre, summittereto walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces.Rate it:

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foot draggingTo be slow in doing certain things; to not move as fast as someone thinks it should.Rate it:

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gouty-handedSlow to reward.Rate it:

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heavy-footedSlow-moving.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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Hold Your HorsesTo be patient, to relax and slow down your pace, to waitRate it:

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hoof itTo walk, especially when as a result of regular transportation being unavailable.Rate it:

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hulk offTo leave or walk away, especially in an angry or enraged manner, and said especially of large and physically imposing persons or objects.Rate it:

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hunt and peckForm of typing employed by novices in which they search for and strike each and every key one by one on a keyboard, normally using only their index fingers --considered slow and inefficientRate it:

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il est le coq du villageHe is the cock of the walk.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas s'endormir sur le rôtiWe must keep our wits about us; We must not neglect our work; We must not be too slow over it; We must not rest on our laurels.Rate it:

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il serait bon à aller quérir la mortHe is very slow.Rate it:

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in a walkEasily; without difficulty.Rate it:

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in the scheme of things it was a small victory.As with climate change the slow improvement of gas amounts discharged into the atmosphere comes too late. We are screwed Rate it:

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lame brainA slow person; someone who is slow to understand a task.Rate it:

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light paintingThe artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or to shine directly into the camera and in this way sketch.Rate it:

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lighten upTo ease up; back off; slow down.Rate it:

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like wading through treacleIncredibly slow going, or not going anywhere.Rate it:

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like, whoa!Slow down; stop; you are going too fast.Rate it:

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marche ou crèvemove/walk or expireRate it:

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marcher à quatre pattesto walk on four legsRate it:

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marcher à reculonsTo walk backwards.Rate it:

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marcher de frontTo walk abreast.Rate it:

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marchez au pasDrive slowly; Walk in step.Rate it:

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Miss the BoatTo blow your chance, slow to act, to miss out on the chanceRate it:

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