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"To be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "墊後"
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "olla hännillä"
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "fermer la marche"
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "das Schlusslicht bilden"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "das Schlusslicht sein"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "cerrar la marcha"
}
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "墊後"
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "垫后"
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "olla hännillä"
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "fermer la marche"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "das Schlusslicht bilden"
},
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "das Schlusslicht sein"
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to be last in a moving line of people",
"word": "cerrar la marcha"
}
],
"word": "bring up the rear"
}
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