(Louisiana, Cajun, St.Martin Parish) to prevent a young man from dancing with a young girl

(informal) to go shopping

(figuratively) to go it alone, to go solo

(informal) while one is at it, one might as well

(dated) to party

(transitive with à) (informal) to do in, to bump off (to kill)

to become scarce, to become rare / to become scarce, to become rare; to be thinning

(informal, figuratively) to call the shots, to call the tune, to rule the roost (to be the one who makes the rules, to be the one who decides)

(figuratively) to get a facelift, to get a makeover

(transitive with devant or en face de or face à) (figuratively) to pale in comparison, to pale into insignificance, not to hold a candle to