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Piece by piece
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each piece one against another (Scriptural reference: Gen. 15: 9-10) |
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Piece of crock
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Piggy-back
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sitting or being carried on the shoulders. |
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Pilaster
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a column or support extending a short distance from a wall. |
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Pin this down
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to get a person to commit himself as to his
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to secure or fasten firmly. |
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Pinch hit
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substitute for someone; take their place. (in
baseball, to bat in place of the regular player). |
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Pinched on the bill
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Pinched together on the peak or visor of a cap. |
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Pink tea
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a women's social gathering where tea is served and the refreshments are especially dainty. |
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Pipe dream
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any wish, plan, or groundless hope as fantastically impossible as an illusion caused by smoking a narcotic drug. A daydream. In this case, a) those who smoke opium. b) “not a pipe dream” meaning “not an illusion”. |
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Pitch in
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contribute to a common cause; join with others in getting something done. |
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Plaited
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braided; woven together |
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Plantation
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a farm or estate of many acres in the southern United States, planted in cotton, tobacco, rice or sugarcane, formerly worked by slave labour. |
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Play a cat-and- mouse game, (play cat and mouse with someone)
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keep someone in suspense and uncertainty, play with someone's feelings. |
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Play fair
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abide by the rules; treat others fairly; behave fairly in a situation. |
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Play hooky
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To stay out of school to play or work. To be
absent without permission. |
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Play up a great big thing
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to make a big deal out of something or an event. |
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Played out
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tired out; worn out; finished; exhausted. |
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Plowboy
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Pluck up
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To have (courage) by your own effort; make yourself have (courage). |
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Plumb
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often used as an adjective, with the meaning of quite, exactly, directly or completely in which case it is an Old English survival. |
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Plumb out of cater
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completely out of line; completely misunderstood; interpreted wrongly. |
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Plumb over the top of their head and plumb under the rest of them
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completely out of the understanding of both. |
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Plumb up to our ears
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completely; all the way. |
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Pocket-book
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a general term for a purse. |
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Point blank
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direct, without disguise. A gunnery metaphor. |
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Polish hubs
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polish the hubcaps of a vehicle; make something look good. |
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Poor as Job's turkey
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Pop up
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To appear suddenly or unexpectedly; show up; come out. In this case, to “hop up and down the road”. |
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Poplar
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a large tree, bearing tulip-shaped flowers. Also called tulip tree, or whitewood.; trees and bushes of the willow family, widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
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Posterior protoplasm stimulation
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To discipline by slapping on the buttocks; a
spanking. |
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