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λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν δρόμον τρέχει → save one's bacon, save one's neck, save one's skin

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

com-plōdo: si, sum, 3, v. a. plaudo: manus,
I to strike or clap the hands together in applauding, from joy, pain, etc. (only in post-Aug. prose): complodere manus scaenicum est, Quint. 11, 3, 123; so Petr. 18, 7; 20, 5; Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 4; App. M. 9, p. 235, 33.