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  • Meaning and origin of phrases
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Meaning and origin of phrases

pour - push

  • pour oil on troubled waters
  • power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
  • power dressing
  • praying at the porcelain altar
  • press into service
  • prick up your ears
  • primrose path
  • private parts
  • pull out all the stops
  • pull the plug
  • pull yourself up by your bootstraps
  • punching above his weight
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