- Lash down: Fall heavily (rain): The rain was LASHING DOWN all day and the roads were flooded.
- Lay down: Establish rules or procedures: The rules of the sport were LAID DOWN early in the nineteenth century.
- Lean on: Put pressure on someone to get them to do what you want: The government has denied LEANING ON the Attorney General to get his approval of the war.
- Let in on: Tell someone a secret, inform them or allow them to participate: They LET me IN ON what they were planning.
- Listen up: Pay attention (often used as a command): LISTEN UP, men! Here are your new assignments.
- Live for: Believe something is extremely important: He LIVES FOR football.
- Lock yourself away: Go somewhere away from people to study or work: I LOCK MYSELF AWAY for a few weeks before exams.
- Look back: Think about the past: Old people often LOOK BACK on over their lives.
- Look out: Be careful: LOOK OUT; you’re going to drop that!
- Lord it over: Behave in a superior manner: She loves to LORD IT OVER her employees.
- Lose out: Be at a disadvantage: Many people LOST OUT when the new regulations were enforced.
- Luck into: Get something by chance: We LUCKED INTO getting the answer.
- Lust after: Be attracted sexually: He secretly LUSTS AFTER his friend’s wife.
