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climb downUsed other than as an idiom. To descend by climbing.Rate it:

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climb downTo abandon, withdraw from, or soften a previously expressed opinion, argument, etc.Rate it:

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close downTo stop trading as a business.Rate it:

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close downTo surround someone, as to impede their movement.Rate it:

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close up shopTo shut down a shop; to end a business activity.Rate it:

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come downTo descend.Rate it:

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come downTo recover from drug-induced euphoria.Rate it:

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come down off your high horse!Appearing Haughty, Belligerent, Egotistical,Rate it:

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come down onto punishRate it:

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come down the pikeTo emerge, come up; to approach or arrive on the scene; to present (itself or oneself).Rate it:

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come down toTo depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence.Rate it:

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come down toTo reach by moving down or reducing.Rate it:

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come down to earthTo be brought back to reality; to lose one's dreams.Rate it:

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come down to usTo survive to the present day; to be extant in some form.Rate it:

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come down withTo contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness.Rate it:

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come rain or come shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, "rain or shine"Rate it:

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

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coming out of one's earshaving too much or too many of something; being overloaded or overwhelmedRate it:

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considere alicubi (Att. 5. 14. 1)to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere.Rate it:

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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cool downTo become cooler, to be reduced in temperature.Rate it:

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cool downTo become less agitated.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause to become less agitated.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause something temperature to lower.Rate it:

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Cool ItTo calm downRate it:

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cool itCalm down, relax, take a time out.Rate it:

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couch potatoA person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.Rate it:

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count downAlternative spelling of countdownRate it:

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crab mentalityA way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.Rate it:

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crack downTo enforce more stringently or more thoroughly.Rate it:

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crack down onTo enforce laws or punish more vigilantly.Rate it:

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crap outTo break down.Rate it:

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crumb downto clean by removing crumbs fromRate it:

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cry downto cry until it is tired.Rate it:

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cry downTo decryRate it:

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cupiditates deferbuerunt (Cael. 18. 43)the passions have cooled down.Rate it:

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curveballA forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve".Rate it:

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cut downTo bring down by cutting.Rate it:

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cut downTo reduce the amount of something.Rate it:

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cut downPut down, deprecate, put someone in their place, tell 'em off, demean, cut someone down to size.Rate it:

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cut downTo insult, to belittle.Rate it:

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cut down to sizeDiminish the prestige or exaggerated importance of someone or something to reduce (them) to a suitable stature; To humble or humiliateRate it:

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damp downto reduce the intensity ofRate it:

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dampen downto reduce the intensity ofRate it:

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dash downto write quicklyRate it:

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de cabezaupside downRate it:

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de potestate decedereto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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dead weightThat which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.Rate it:

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deep downFundamentally; in essence; in reality; really.Rate it:

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deicere aliquem de saxo Tarpeioto throw some one down the Tarpeian rock.Rate it:

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