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 poser sa chique (pop.: = to put down one's quid); claquer (familiar: = to croak); saluer le public (theat.: = to go before the curtain); recevoir son décompte (military: = to get one's quietus; décompte = also [military] a mortal wound); cracher son embouchure ( = to spit one's mouthpiece); déteindre (pop.: = to wash off one's colour); donner son dernier bon à tirer (familiar: in American = to pass in one's checks; properly = to send one's last proof to press); lâcher la perche (pop.: = to hop the twig); éteindre son gaz (pop.: = to turn off one's gas. Cf., to snuff it); épointer son foret (pop.: = to blunt one's drill, as in boring); être exproprié (pop.: = to be dispossessed); exproprier ( = to take possession of a debtor's land); péter son lof (sailor's); fumer ses terres; fermer son para-pluie (pop.: = to close one's umbrella); perdre son báton (pop.: = to lose one's walking stick); descendre la garde (pop.: = to come off guard); défiler la parade (military: = to face about); tortiller, or tourner de l'œil (pop.); perdre le goût du pain (pop.: = to lose one's appetite); lácher la rampe (theat.: = to chuck the footlights); faire ses petits paquets (pop.: = to pack up one's traps); casser son crachoir (pop.: = to break one's spittoon); remercier son boulanger (thieves': = to thank the baker; boulanger = the Devil); canner; dévider à l'estorgue (thieves'); baiser or épouser la Camarde or camarder (pop: = to hug, or go to church with, Mother Bones [Camarde = Death]); fuir (thieves': = to flee or escape); casser son câble (pop.: = to slip one's cable); casser son fouet (pop.: = to break one's whip); faire sa crêvaison (pop.: crêver = to burst up); déra-linguer (sailors': = to loose from the bolt-rope); virer de bord (sailors': = to tack about); déchirer son faux-col (pop.: = to break one's collar); dégeler (= to thaw); couper sa mèche (coachman's: = to cut off one's lash); piquer sa plaqu (sailors'); mettre la table pour les asticots (pop.: = to lay the cloth for the worms); aller manger les pissenlits par la racine (pop.: = to go grubbing off dandelion roots); laisser fuir son tonneau (familiar); calancher (vagrants'); laisser ses bottes quelque part (familiar: = to leave one's boots about); déchirer son habit (pop.: = to tear one's coat); déchirer son tablier (pop.: = to tear one's apron); souffler sa veilleuse (pop.: = to blow out one's candle: cf., to snuff it); pousser le boum du cygne (pop.); avoir son coke (familiar: = to get one's cargo); rendre sa secousse (pop.); rendre sa bûche (tailors'); rendre sa canne au ministre (military: = to resign one's commission); rendre sa clef (gipsy: = to give in one's key); rendre son livret (pop.: = to pass in one's checks); passer au dixième régiment (military); s'ennuyer (pop.: = to be at death's door); chasser les mouches (pop.: to go fly-catching); ingurgiter son bilan (popular); resserrer son linge (pop.); faire sa malle (pop.: = to pack one's trunk); avaler le goujon (pop.); s'habiller de sapin (pop.: = to put on a wooden surtout); avoir son compte (pop.); battre de l'œil (thieves'); s'evanouir (pop.: to mizzle); machaber (pop.: machabre = the Dance of Death); glisser (pop.); s'en aller dans le pays des marmottes (pop.: marmotte = puppet); déménager (pop.: = to move house).