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one can run but one can't hideThere is nothing someone can do to evade something.You can run but you can't hide.Rate it:

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one good turn deserves anotherOne act of kindness should be paid back by another act of kindness.Rate it:

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one step forward, two steps backA situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments.Rate it:

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one's back is upOne is offended or angry.Rate it:

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one's race is runOne's life has reached its end; one is dead or soon to die.Rate it:

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one-man bandAn organisation or business that is effectively run by only one person.Rate it:

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pack upTo put back together.Rate it:

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paint your back door red!Fixing to get hiney whooped!Rate it:

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paper tigerA seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.Rate it:

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parier il y a cent (or, gros) à parier qu'ils ne reviendront pasThe odds are that they will not come back.Rate it:

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pat on the backPraise, congratulations.Rate it:

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pat on the backTo praise or congratulate.Rate it:

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pay backto pay an amount of money owed to another, to repayRate it:

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pay backto exact revengeRate it:

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pay outTo slacken a rope by lengthening it; to allow a rope to run out.Rate it:

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pedem referreto retire (without turning one's back on the enemy).Rate it:

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

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

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pif that troon!Troon: A irritating, aggravating, rude entity, who's sole purpose is to irritate & harass, unsuspecting, innocent people. A purposeful frustrating annoyer. "Pif"{3-step}: A special forces teckneik. A sheath knive issued to silently eliminate a enemy sentinel. 1:Approaching the enemy silently from the rear, stricking the back of the knees, as to buckle them, while cupping the mouth & cutting the throat & jugular vien simotancely. 2:Next immediately using the hand holding your knife, you in a upward thrust pierce the base of the skull fully sinking the length of blade & twist or jiggle. 3: Imeadiatly removing and reversing the blade to a downward position raming it down the spinelcoard & repeat the twist or jiggle. Done correctly it should take 3 seconds or less, with no scream, twitching or jerking of the enemy guard, or solder. Plop, drop, done, done, on to the next one! " Troon Pifing". The prefured "Pif" Knife is a Double edged Military Commando style sheath knife. "Pif that Troon!"Rate it:

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pin backTo keep at a distanceRate it:

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piquer des deux(lit.) To spur a horse with both heels; To gallop off at full speed; (fig.) To run very fast.Rate it:

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play backTo replay a recording.Rate it:

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plough backTo reinvest profits into a businessRate it:

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plow backTo reinvest profits into a businessRate it:

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pocket dialA situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.Rate it:

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pognerto surprise, to run into, to find outRate it:

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potato skinsAn appetizer made by halving a baked potato, scooping out most of the inside, mixing that with cheese, sour cream, and chives and placing that mixture back into the potato skin then baking until crisp.Rate it:

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pound the pavementTo travel on foot; to walk or run.Rate it:

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prendre du champTo take a run (before leap); To have room before one (for an effort).Rate it:

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

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proverbs come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.Rate it:

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proverbs go in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1932, Bertrand Russell, Rate it:

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proverbs hunt in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.Rate it:

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proverbs often come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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pull backto pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.Rate it:

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pull backUsed other than as an idiom. To pull in a backwards directionRate it:

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pull backTo retreatRate it:

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pull backTo retractRate it:

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pull backTo pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line.Rate it:

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pull backTo score when the team is losing.Rate it:

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pull out all the stopsTo reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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push offTo delay, postpone, put off, push back.Rate it:

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put backTo return something to it's original place.Rate it:

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put backTo drink fast; to knock down alcohol.Rate it:

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put backTo postpone an arranged event or appointment.Rate it:

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put backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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put byTo run a ship aground intentionally to avoid a collision.Rate it:

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put one's back intoTo make a strenuous effort to do something.Rate it:

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put one's name in the hatTo run in an election or to nominate oneself for consideration in some other selection process; to nominate someone other than oneself for such consideration.Rate it:

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