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The following 990 entries include the term [one's].
leave/keep one's options open
phrase: to wait before making a final decision about something to allow for the possibility of having a different choice
lend one's name
phrase: to allow one's name to be associated (with something)
let down one's guard
phrase: to relax and stop being careful and alert
let one's guard down
phrase: to relax and stop being careful and alert
let the grass grow under one's feet
phrase: to wait before doing something or to do something slowly —used in negative statements
lick one's lips
phrase: to pass one's tongue over the lips
lie through one's teeth
phrase: to say something completely untrue
lift one's gaze
phrase: to look up
light on one's feet
phrase: capable of moving in a quick and graceful way
live beyond one's means
phrase: to spend more money than one can afford to spend
live by one's wits
phrase: to survive by doing clever and sometimes dishonest things
live up to one's reputation
phrase: to be as good, enjoyable, etc., as people have been led to believe
live within/beyond one's means
phrase: to be unable to afford the things that one buys or the way one lives
live within one's means
phrase: to spend money only on what one can afford
lock one's knee
phrase: to hold the knee in a fully extended position
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