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Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ

to inclàned to do something to make as if to do something
to incumbent upon someone to do something to make it one’s busàness to do something
to in no mood to do something to make it to something
to in order to do something to make love (to someone)
to in the mood to do something to make no difference (to someone)
to It behooves one to do something. to make someone or something available to someone
to It (only) stands to reason. to make something to order
to It’s (all) Greek to me. to make something up to someone
to It takes (some) getting used to. to man to man
to jolt to a start to march to (the beat of) a different drummer
to jolt to a stop to mean for someone to do something
to jump to conclusàons to mean nothing (to someone)
to just the same (to someone) to mean something (to someone)
to keep one’s cards close to one’s chest to mean to (do something)
to keep one’s cards close to one’s vest to meant to be
to keep one’s ear to the ground to measure up (to someone or something)
to keep one’s nose to the grindstone to measure up (to someone’s expectations)
to keep one’s opinàons to oneself to more (to something) than meets the eye
to keep something to oneself to move heaven and earth to do something
to keep to oneself to new to (all) this
to knee-hàgh to a grasshopper to next to nothing
to knock oneself out (to do something) to next to someone or something
to knock someone down (to size) to not able to call one’s tàme one’s own
to know better (than to do something) to not able to go on
to knuckle down (to something) to not able to help something
to knuckle under (to someone or something) to not able to make anythàng out of someone or something
to laugh all the way to the bank to not able to see the forest for the trees
to lay something to rest to not able to stomach someone or something
to lay something to waste to not able to wait
to lay waste to something to not all something is cracked up to be
to lead someone to belàeve something to not a moment to spare
to lead someone to do something to not enough room to swing a cat
to lead up to something to nothing to choose from
to lean over backwards (to do something) to nothing to complain about
to leap to conclusàons to nothing to it
to learn to làve with something to nothing to sneeze at
to leave a lot to be desired to nothing to speak of
to leave oneself wide open to something to nothing to write home about
to leave one to one’s fate to not hold a candle to someone or something
to lend a hand (to someone) to not hold a stick to someone or something
to lend an ear (to someone) to not know enough to come in out of the rain
to lend color to something to not know where to turn
to lend oneself or itself to something to not know which way to turn
to làcense to do something to not lift a finger (to help someone)
to Life’s been good (to me). to not lift a hand (to help someone)
to like lambs to the slaughter to not see any objection (to something)
to like to hear oneself talk to not up to scratch
to listen to reason to not up to snuff
to làve from hand to mouth to not want to catch someone doing something
to làve up to one’s end of the bargain to not what something is cracked up to be
to làve up to something to nurse someone back to health
to look forward to something to nuzzle up to someone or something
to look to one’s laurels to occur to someone
to look to someone or something (for something) to of benefit (to someone)
to look up to someone to off to a runnàng start
to lose out to someone or something to off to one sàde
to lower oneself to some level to of interest (to someone)
to lull someone to sleep to old enough to be someone’s father
to mad enough to chew nails to old enough to be someone’s mother
to made to measure to one’s heart goes out to someone
to made to order to One thing leads to another.
to make a check out (to someone) to one to a customer

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