L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[last out] {v.}
1. To be enough until the end of.
There is enough food in the house to last out the snowstorm.
Our candies won't last out the night.
2. To continue to the end of; continue to live after; live or go through.
* /The old man is […]
[last straw] or [straw that breaks the camel's back] {n. phr.}
A small trouble which follows other troubles and makes one lose patience and be unable to bear them.
* /Bill had a bad day in school yesterday. He lost his knife on the way home, then he […]
[last word] {n.}
1. The last remark in an argument.
I never win an argument with her. She always has the last word.
2. The final say in deciding something.
The superintendent has the last word in ordering new desks.
3. {informal}
The most […]
[last-ditch] {adj.}
Made or done as a last chance to keep from losing or tailing.
He threw away his cigarettes in a last-ditch effort to stop smoking.
Compare: [BACK TO THE WALL].
[latch on] or [hitch onto] {v.}, {informal}
1. To get hold of; grasp or grab; catch.
He looked for something to latch onto and keep from falling.
The football player latched onto a pass.
2. {slang} To get into your possession.
* /The banker […]
[latch string] {n.}
1. A string that opens an old-fashioned door by lifting a small bar.
The early settlers kept the latch string outside the door when they were working around the house, but at night they pulled it to the inside.
2. {informal}
A […]