plump down
- v drop heavily
- v set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
play it by ear
- v decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation
play out
- v deplete
- v perform or be performed to the end
- v play to a finish
- v become spent or exhausted
play up
- v move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
- v ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
plea-bargain
- v agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge
If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years
pleach
- v form or weave into a braid or braids
- v interlace the shoots of
pleach a hedge