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61lick (or knock or whip) someone/thing into shape — act forcefully to bring someone or something into a better state. → shape …
62lick your lips — lick (your) lips to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen, usually because you think you will get something good from it. Meanwhile, the property developers are licking their lips at the prospect of all the money they… …
63lick lips — lick (your) lips to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen, usually because you think you will get something good from it. Meanwhile, the property developers are licking their lips at the prospect of all the money they… …
64lick someone's boots — lick someone s shoes nobody licks the boss s boots with more finesse than Little Miss Syn: suck up to, toady to, be servile to, be obsequious to, fawn over, flatter, butter up, ingratiate oneself with, brown nose with/to …
65lick — vb beat, defeat, *conquer, vanquish, subdue, subjugate, reduce, overcome, surmount, overthrow, rout …
66lick into shape — ► lick (or knock) into shape act forcefully to bring into a better state. Main Entry: ↑shape …
67lick the birse — To draw a hog s bristle through the mouth, as in admission as a burgess (souter) in Selkirk • • • Main Entry: ↑birse …
68lick someone into shape — lick/knock/whip/ someone/something/into shape phrase to improve the condition or performance of someone or something I’m going to whip this department into shape. Thesaurus: to make something better …
69lick|e|ty-split — «LIHK uh tee SPLIHT», adverb, adjective. Informal. at full speed; headlong; rapid; rapidly: »… the lickety split growth of trailer parks across the land (Wall Street Journal) …
70lick|ing — «LIHK ihng», noun. Informal. 1. a beating; thrashing: »The bigger boy gave Billy quite a licking. 2. a setback; reverse: »Business took a bad licking during the recession …
