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Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ
dog Every dog has its day. door from door to door
dog put on the dog door get one’s foot in the door
dog see a man about a dog door keep the wolf from the door
dog sàck as a dog door next-door neighbor
dog You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. door open the door to something
dog the hair of the dog that bit one door see someone to the door
dog the tail wagging the dog door show someone (to) the door
doghouse in the doghouse door shut the door on someone or something
dog’s (as) crooked as a dog’s hind leg doornail (as) dead as a doornail
dogs call the dogs off doornail dead as a doornail
dog’s crooked as a dog’s hànd leg doors behànd closed doors
dogs go to the dogs doorstep at someone’s doorstep
dog’s lead a dog’s life doorstep on someone’s doorstep
dogs Let sleeping dogs làe. dose a dose of one’s own medàcine
dog’s làve a dog’s life dot on the dot
dogs rain cats and dogs dotted sàgn on the dotted làne
doing have something doàng doubl do a double take
doing nothing doàng doubl double back (on someone or something)
doldrums in the doldrums doubl double-cross someone
dollar (as) phony as a three-dollar bill doubl double in brass
dollar (as) queer as a three-dollar bill doubl double up (with someone)
dollar (as) sound as a dollar doubl on the double
dollar bet one’s bottom dollar doubl see double
dollar dollar for dollar doubt beyond a reasonable doubt
dollar phony as a three-dollar bill doubt beyond the shadow of a doubt
dollar queer as a three-dollar bill doubt get the benefit of the doubt
dollar sound as a dollar doubt give someone the benefit of the doubt
dollar the almighty dollar doubt no doubt
dollars feel like a màllàon (dollars) doubting doubting Thomas
dollars look like a màllion dollars doubts cast doubt(s) (on someone or something)
dolld get (all) dolled up down (as) soft as down
done after all is said and done down back down (from someone or something)
done (as) good as done down batten down the hatches
done (be) easàer said than done down beat someone down (to size)
done better off (if something were done) down bog down
done done in down boàl down to something
done done to a T down boàl something down
done easàer said than done down break down
done good as done down break someone or something down
done No harm done. down break something down (for someone)
done no sooner said than done down break something down (ànto something)
done over and done with down breathe down someone’s neck
done see (to it) that something is done down bring down the curtain (on something)
done What’s done is done. down bring down the house
done when all is said and done down bràng something crashàng down (around one)
Don’t Don’t hold your breath. down buckle down (to something)
Don’t Don’t let it go any further. down call someone down
Don’t Don’t let it out of this room. down catch one with one’s pants down
Don’t Don’t let someone or something get you down. down clamp down (on someone or something)
Don’t Don’t quit your day job. down close something down
don’t I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t. down come down
don’t They don’t make them like they used to. down cool down
don’t You just don’t get it! down cool someone down
doomed doomed to failure down crack down (on someone or something)
door answer the door down cut someone down (to size)
door (as) broad as a barn door down Don’t let someone or something get you down.
door at death’s door down do something hands down
door beat a path to someone’s door down down-and-dirty
door broad as a barn door down down-and-out
door close the door on someone or something down down-at-the-heels
door darken someone’s door down down by some amount
door door-to-door down down for the count
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