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| at leisure |
having free or spare time; not working or otherwise occupied. |
| at one's leisure |
when the time is convenient; when one has spare time. |
| by the skin of one's teeth |
(informal) by an exceptionally thin margin of time, money, or the like; with little to spare. |
| chop shop |
(informal) a garage or similar place in which stolen automobiles are dismantled and the parts sold or used as spare parts. |
| lean2 |
anything that is spare or lean. [1/5 definitions] |
| sheet anchor |
a large spare anchor, carried for use in an emergency. [1/2 definitions] |
| sideline |
a business or other activity that one pursues in one's spare time. [1/2 definitions] |
| spareable |
combined form of spare. |
| white lie |
a small or harmless lie, often told to spare someone's feelings; well-intentioned fib. |
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