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leash

[leesh]

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noun

a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.

check; curb; restraint: to keep one's temper in leash; a tight leash on one's subordinates.

Hunting. a brace and a half, as of foxes or hounds.

verb (used with object)

to secure, control, or restrain by or as if by a leash: to leash water power for industrial use.

to bind together by or as if by a leash; connect; link; associate.

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to run away hurriedly; flee.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English lesh, variant of lece, lese < Old French laisse. See lease¹

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Disney has prospered by keeping an extra-tight leash on its animated critters.

Sometimes they are made into pets and walked on a leash.

The only resort against banks too big to fail is keeping them on a short leash of the dreaded red tape.

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Disney has prospered by keeping an extra-tight leash on its animated critters.

Sometimes they are made into pets and walked on a leash.

The only resort against banks too big to fail is keeping them on a short leash of the dreaded red tape.

He spins and gets the leash in his mouth, and sinks to the ground to avoid moving.

Good luck fitting both the neck strap and the camera leash into that eyelet though.

At last the leash has been cut and the dogs of political war have left their kennels.

Just keep yourself on bit of a leash and perhaps minimize the hanging out time.

Not only did that deter potential recruits, it also meant that the commission's budget is now on a much tighter leash.

She gets so excited when she sees someone holding the leash because she knows that it's time for a.

It's getting harder and harder to leave the digital leash behind.

He brazenly pushed forward, giving paint enough leash to become its own actor out discovering its own boundaries.

Similarly, the fact that they are the only master capable of yanking the leash and restraining this foaming pitbull has its perks.

The cheetah springs into action the moment it is let off the leash and the lure starts its journey along the course.

When the elevator suddenly closed, the horrified clerk felt the leash tighten.

Those whose game is borrow short to lend long have to be kept on a short leash.

It's great to be able to walk down the street with a tiger cub on a leash.

The house rules state that dog owners must keep dogs on a leash in public areas.

His white-on-black paintings have the air of pedagogy let off the leash.

However when she get out of her leash if she get past us at the door she chases cars.

When dogs are trained, flags are posted along the boundary wire and the dogs are walked toward them on a leash.

But in the long run, the lingering long leash of wasteful state programs must be reigned in.

Just keep walking, and as the leash loosens, pick up that slack loop again and get prepared to do it again.

Giuliani an establishment image, a generous income and a long leash for his extracurricular.

We put the leash on her and she plants the paws and will not walk around the neighborhood.

We saw he simply wanted her harness and leash removed.

And, she can't ever be let off leash in an open area or she'll bolt.

The pit bull's owner receives only summonses for having an unlicensed dog and for not keeping it on a leash.

Just don't keep constant tension on the leash or the dog simply learns to wait for you to drop the leash before it pounces.

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leash (liːʃ)

—n
1.	a line or rope used to walk or control a dog or other animal; lead
2.	something resembling this in function: he kept a tight leash on his emotions
3.	hunting three of the same kind of animal, usually hounds, foxes, or hares
4.	straining at the leash eagerly impatient to begin something

—vb
5.	(tr) to control or secure by or as if by a leash

[C13: from Old French laisse, from laissier to loose (hence, to let a dog run on a leash), ultimately from Latin laxuslax]

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Word Origin & History

leash

"thong for holding a dog or hound," c.1300, from O.Fr. laisse, from laissier "loosen," from L. laxare, from laxus "loose" (see lax). Fig. senses are attested from c.1430. The verb is from 1599. The noun meaning "a set of three" is from c.1320, originally in sporting language.

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