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"ref": "1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 10, in Oliver Twist",
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"word": "a-și lua picioarele la spinare"
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"roman": "pljuja si na petite",
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"word": "плюя си на петите"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "vzít nohy na ramena"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "ottaa hatkat"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "prendre ses jambes à son cou"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "sich davonmachen"
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"word": "sich aus dem Staub machen"
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"word": "die Beine in die Hand nehmen"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "Reißaus nehmen"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "नौ दो ग्यारह होना"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "taka til fótanna"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "taka á rás"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "a-și lua picioarele la spinare"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "a o lua la sănătoasa"
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"note": "навостри́ть лы́жи pf (navostrítʹ lýži, literally “sharpen one's skis”)",
"sense": "to flee or run away"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "взять но́ги в ру́ки pf (vzjatʹ nógi v rúki, literally “take one's legs into one's hands”)",
"sense": "to flee or run away"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
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"word": "podbrusiti pete"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "apretar los talones"
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
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"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "darse a la fuga"
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"roman": "makhn pleyte",
"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "מאַכן פּליטה"
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"code": "yi",
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"roman": "nemen di fis oyf di pleytses",
"sense": "to flee or run away",
"word": "נעמען די פֿיס אויף די פּלייצעס"
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