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71keep (someone) on a short leash — have/keep (someone) on a short/tight leash to have a lot of control over someone s behaviour and allow them very little freedom to do what they want. He doesn t go out with the lads so much these days. Michelle keeps him on a tight leash …
72keep (someone) on a tight leash — have/keep (someone) on a short/tight leash to have a lot of control over someone s behaviour and allow them very little freedom to do what they want. He doesn t go out with the lads so much these days. Michelle keeps him on a tight leash …
73have one’s brain on a leash — tv. to be runk. □ Wayne had his brain on a leash before he even got to the party. □ Some guy who had his brain on a leash ran his car off the road …
74un|leash — «uhn LEESH», transitive verb. 1. to release from a leash: »to unleash a dog. 2. Figurative. to let loose: »to unleash one s temper …
75short leash — noun A strict set of rules, or great scrutiny or oversight which limit ones freedom of action. The employee was put on probation after her latest mistakes and given a short leash …
76hold in leash — index discipline (control) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
77be straining at the leash — to be very eager to do something that you are being prevented from doing at the present time. Meanwhile we hear that our soldiers have reached a peak of fitness and are straining at the leash …
78straining at the leash — thousands of young actors are straining at the leash just for the chance to audition Syn: eager, impatient, anxious, enthusiastic; informal itching, dying …
79strain at the leash — to try and escape from someone s control so that you can do what you want teenagers straining at the parental leash …
80Freak on a Leash — NotesExternal links* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY yjPvHQwY Music video] @ Sony BMG Channel on YouTube …
