set it down
v. phr.— «You are not only more likely to set your bike down, but you are more likely to die when you set it down then to just loose some skin.» —“Driving under the influence” by Michael Litchfield Usenet: alt.drugs May 13, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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