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[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 186: ‘How about you, Deepak? You want to run with the ball?’.
at run with the ball (v.) under ball, n.1
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 120: ‘Now why would she get on television and lay out her business like that?’ Mr. Wilson asked.
at business, n.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 246: He knows in his heart that’s [i.e. making a rap CD] not going to happen, but he’s still running it.
at run down, v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 154: [H]e was still trying to look hard even though I had put him down good.
at put down, v.1
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 152: ‘If they gave you steak, you wouldn’t leave [prison] when your date came up. You’d be hanging around for the eats.’.
at eats, n.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 120: We all saw what was going down, but why it was going down was harder to get to.
at get to, v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 101: I got to chill [...] until I can figure out a way to get paid. I’m not into no quick get overs because I’m tired of being locked up.
at get-over, n.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 15: Play asked him what kind of watch he was wearing, and as soon as he had to look down at it, we knew he didn’t have anything going on.
at have it going (on) under going on, phr.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 104: ‘That guy was a goof’.
at goof, n.1
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 191: ‘[H]e told me he was kicking it big-time, being a hero to his family and getting presents and visits and stuff’.
at kick it, v.2
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 19: [H]e was really messed up. His eye was all swollen and there was dried blood under his nose. Somebody had fucked him up bad.
at messed (up), adj.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 132: He can’t walk at all. That is just right on sad because everybody wants to walk.
at right on, adv.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 9: I had a chance for an early out when my [parole] hearing came up.
at out, n.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 101: I got to chill for a few years until I can figure out a way to get paid.
at get paid (v.) under pay, v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 44: My main dog, Kenneth, would be playing b-ball in the Fourth Street tournament. [...] I wished he could come up and visit me. K-Man is real people.
at real people (n.) under people, n.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 16: Cobo tried to play it off but we all knew about the Replacement Center. [...] Dudes got shanked up there all the time.
at play it off (v.) under play, v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 139: Toon couldn’t fight and he was little and kind of punkish.
at punkish (adj.) under punk, n.1
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 183: ‘[M]aybe the jury would let him slide because the overall case was weak’.
at let it slide (v.) under slide, v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 150: [G]uys in the hood running down the streets throwing signs and spitting smack .
at smack, n.3
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 48: I’m going to squelch this report. I’m going to let [...] the other kid, take the whole blame.
at squelch, v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 69: ‘[H]e’s running the streets too much. He’s either going to get himself killed or end up in jail’.
at run the street(s) (v.) under street, the, n.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 150: [G]uys in the hood running down the streets throwing signs and spitting smack .
at throw, v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 186: ‘Maybe tighten up a gig with the post office. Nine to five’.
at tighten (up), v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 220: ‘I looked over at the jury and they looked at me, and I could tell they were going to toast me’.
at toast, v.2
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 107: If Mr. Wilson was mad, then me and King Kong would probably be written up.
at write up, v.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 144: A little guy like Toon would just be somebody’s woman unless he found a way to kill himself.
at woman, n.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 113: ‘Anybody even act like they want to mess with me, I’ll go to work on their ass’.
at go to work (on) (v.) under work, n.
[US] W.D. Myers Lockdown 144: If King Kong attacked me I would just have to go all out and wreck the dude.
at wreck, v.
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