L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[leading light] {n. phr.}
A prominent person in a community, company, or group.
Alan is the leading light of our discussion group on music.
[leaf through] {v. phr.}
To scan or glance through a book or other reading matter.
I only had time to leaf through the program before the concert started.
[leak out] {v. phr.}
To become known; escape.
The famous beauty queen tried to keep her marriage a secret, but news of it soon leaked out.
[leak to] {v. phr.}
To purposely let a secret be known, as if conveying it in the strictest confidence.
The movie star's secret divorce was leaked to the tabloids by her housekeeper.
[lean on] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
To pressure (someone) by blackmailing, threats, physical violence, or the withholding of some favor in order to make the person comply with a wish or request.
* /I would gladly do what you ask if you only stopped […]
[lean-to] {n.}
1. A shed for tools, such as spades, hoes, etc., attached to the wall of a house,
Joe looked for the garden hose in the lean-to.
2. A small cabin in the country.
They spend their weekends in their modest lean-to in Wisconsin.