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            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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