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[level off] or [level out] {v.} 1. To make flat or level. * /The steamroller leveled out the gravel roadbed and then the concrete was poured./ 2. To move on […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the level

[on the level] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Honest and fair; telling the whole truth. * /Our teacher respects the students who are on the level with her./ * /Joyce wondered if […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

level best

[level best] {adj. phr.} One's utmost; one's very best. * /Eric refused to stay in school although his parents did their level best to make him finish./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

level with

[level with] {v. phr.} To tell someone the truth; not engage in lies and subterfuge. * /"You can level with me," his father said. "Did you break that window?"/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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