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  • 51back hacking — pp. Attempting to catch a computer hacker by tracing the path that the intruder used to infiltrate a system. Example Citation: Intrusions into government computers are detected only about 10 percent of the time....It is relatively easy to mask… …

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  • 52lay\ down\ the\ law — Take control of a situation, occasionally through use of physical force. Back in high school, whenver a fight broke out, the principal would show up and lay down the law …

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  • 53lay\ down\ the\ law — Take control of a situation, occasionally through use of physical force. Back in high school, whenver a fight broke out, the principal would show up and lay down the law …

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  • 54Back blocks — Block Block (bl[o^]k), n. [OE. blok; cf. F. bloc (fr. OHG.), D. & Dan. blok, Sw. & G. block, OHG. bloch. There is also an OHG. bloch, biloh; bi by + the same root as that of E. lock. Cf. {Block}, v. t., {Blockade}, and see {Lock}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55lay about one — {v. phr.} To hit out in all directions. Used with a reflexive object: her , him , or them . * /The bandits surrounded the sheriff, but he laid about him so hard, with his gun used as a club, that they stepped back and let him escape./ * /Mrs.… …

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  • 56lay to rest — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To put a dead person into a grave or tomb; bury. * /President Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery./ 2. To get rid of; put away permanently; stop. * /The Scoutmaster s fears that Tom had drowned were… …

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  • 57lay about one — {v. phr.} To hit out in all directions. Used with a reflexive object: her , him , or them . * /The bandits surrounded the sheriff, but he laid about him so hard, with his gun used as a club, that they stepped back and let him escape./ * /Mrs.… …

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  • 58lay to rest — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To put a dead person into a grave or tomb; bury. * /President Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery./ 2. To get rid of; put away permanently; stop. * /The Scoutmaster s fears that Tom had drowned were… …

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  • 59Back to Babylon — Filmdaten Originaltitel: Retour à Babylone Produktionsland: Frankreich Erscheinungsjahr: 2002 Originalsprache: Arabisch Stab Regie …

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  • 60lay\ about\ one — v. phr. To hit out in all directions. Used with a reflexive object: her , him , or them . The bandits surrounded the sheriff, but he laid about him so hard, with his gun used as a club, that they stepped back and let him escape. Mrs. Franklin… …

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