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[labor movement] {n.}

Groups which form, strengthen, and increase membership in labor unions.

/His father was connected with the labor movement in the 1920's./

[labor of love] {n. phr.}

Something done for personal pleasure and not pay or profit.

/Building the model railroad was a labor of love for the retired engineer./

[labor the point] See: BELABOR THE POINT.

[labor under] {v. phr.}

To be the victim of; suffer from.

/Ken is obviously laboring under the delusion that Jennifer will marry him out of love./

[lace into] or [tie into] {v.}, {informal}

To attack physically or with words; begin to hit or criticize.

/The boxer laced into his opponent./

/The critics laced into the new movie./

Syn.: LAY INTO, RIP INTO.

Compare: GIVE IT TO.

[ladies' room] {n. phr.}

A public toilet and restroom for women.

/Can you please tell me where the ladies' room is?/

[lady friend] {n.}

1. A woman friend.

/His aunt stays with a lady friend in Florida during the winter./

2. A woman who is the lover of a man. — Used by people trying to appear more polite, but not often used by careful speakers.

* /The lawyer took ...

[lady-killer] {n.}, {informal}

1. Any man who has strong sex appeal toward women.

/Joe is a regular lady-killer./

2. A man who relentlessly pursues amorous conquests, is successful at it, and then abandons his heartbroken victims.

* /The legendary ...

[lady of the house] {n. phr.}

Female owner, or wife of the owner, of the house; the hostess.

/"Dinner is served," the lady of the house announced to her guests./

[lady's man] {n.}

A man or boy who likes to be with women or girls very much and is popular with them.

/Charlie is quite a lady's man now./