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[pare down]{v. phr.} To limit; economize; reduce. •/With a smaller income per month, the family had to pare down their household expenses./
[parliamentary law]{n.} The rules for legislative or other meetings. •/The club followed parliamentary law at the business meeting./
[parrot-fashion]{adv.} Like a parrot; by rote memorization and without any understanding. •/The candidate delivered a speech that was prepared for him and he read it parrot-fashion./
[part] See: DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR, FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED, FOR MY PART, FOR ONE’S PART also ON ONE’S PART, FOR THE MOST PART, IN PART, MAN OF PARTS, TAKE PART.
[partake of]{v.}, {formal} 1. To take some of; receive a share of; eat. •/He partook of ordinary country fare as he traveled./ 2. To have the same qualities as; show the characteristics of. •/Her way of cooking partook of both Italian and American habits./
[part and parcel]{n. phr.} A necessary or important part; something necessary to a larger thing. — Usually followed by "of". •/Freedom of speech is part and parcel of the liberty of a free man./
[part company]{v. phr.} 1. To part with someone; leave each other; separate. •/The boys parted company as they came from the park./ •/George parted company with the others at his front door./ 2. To be different from someone in opinion or action; follow your own way; disagree; differ. •/They parted company on where the new highway should be built./ •/The mayor parted company with the newspapers on raising taxes./
[partial to]{v. phr.} Having a weakness for; favorable toward. •/He seems to be partial to blondes while his brother is partial to redheads./
[particular] See: IN PARTICULAR.
[parting of the ways]{n. phr.} 1. The point where a road or path divides; a fork. •/They stood undecided at a parting of the ways, where a forest path forked./ 2. A time or place where a choice must be made; a deciding point. •/He had come to a parting of the ways: he had to choose the high school courses that would prepare him for college, or the courses that would prepare him for business./
[part of the furniture]{n. phr.} In a job or position for so long that one is taken entirely for granted, like a part of the physical surroundings. •/He has been working in the same office for so many years now that people consider him to be a part of the furniture./
[part with]{v.} 1. To separate from; leave. •/He parted with us at the end of the trip./ Compare: PART COMPANY. 2. To let go. •/They were sorry to part with the old house./ •/He had to part with his secretary when she got married./ Compare: GIVE UP.
[party] See: HEN PARTY, LIFE OF THE PARTY, NECK-TIE PARTY, THROW A PARTY.
[party line]{n. phr.} Ideas, policies, and goals set forth by the leadership of a group or organization. •/Dan seldom has an original idea but he keeps faithfully repeating his company’s party line./
[party to]{adj. phr.} Concerned with; participating in. •/The prosecution has been trying to show that the defendant was party to a fraud./
[pass] See: BRING TO PASS, COME TO PASS, FORWARD PASS, JUMP PASS, SCREEN PASS.
[pass around]{v. phr.} To circulate from one to another; distribute something among a group of people. •/Why doesn’t he pass around the appetizers to the guests?/
[pass away]{v.} 1. To slip by; go by; pass. •/We had so much fun that the weekend passed away before we realized it./ •/Forty years had passed away since they had met./ 2. To cease to exist; end; disappear; vanish •/When automobiles became popular, the use of the horse and buggy passed away./ 3. To have your life stop; die. •/He passed away at eighty./ Syn.: PASS ON(3), PASS OUT(3).
[pass by] See: PASS OVER.
[pass by the board] See: GO BY THE BOARD.
[passed ball]{n.} A pitched baseball missed by the catcher when he should have been able to catch it. •/The batter singled and went to second on a passed ball./
[pass for]{v. phr.} To be taken for; be considered as. •/Charles speaks Arabic so fluently that he could easily pass for an Arab./
[passing] See: IN PASSING.
[pass muster]{v. phr.}, {informal} To pass a test or check-up; be good enough. •/After a practice period, Sam found that he was able to pass muster as a lathe operator./ •/His work was done carefully, so it always passed muster./ Compare: MEASURE UP.
[pass off]{v.} 1. To sell or give (something) by false claims; offer (something fake) as genuine. •/The dishonest builder passed off a poorly built house by pretending it was well constructed./ Syn.: FOB OFF, PALM OFF(2). To claim to be someone you are not; pretend to be someone else. •/He passed himself off as a doctor until someone checked his record./ 3. To go away gradually; disappear. •/Mrs. White’s morning headache had passed off by that night./ 4. To reach an end; run its course from beginning to end. •/The party passed off well./ Syn.: GO OFF.
[pass on]{v.} 1. To give an opinion about; judge; settle. •/The college passed on his application and found him acceptable./ •/The committee recommended three people for the job and the president passed on them./ 2. To give away (something that has been outgrown.) •/As he grew up, he passed on his clothes to his younger brother./ Compare: HAND DOWN. 3. To die. •/Mary was very sorry to hear that her first grade teacher had passed on./ Syn.: PASS AWAY(3), PASS OUT(3).