Definition of lights down

lights down

• commonly used southern US term (Louisiana) means closed.

  The grocery store is lights down.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2009. Submitted by Johnny C. on Mar 24 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'down':
batten down the hatches	Definitions include: to prepare for hardship.
beat down	Definitions include: a fight or severe beating.
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
bow down	Definitions include: to back down from a situation.
bow down before the porcelain god	Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet.
bow down to the porcelain god	Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god."
bring down	Definitions include: to sadden one.
bring the house down	Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd.
broke down	Definitions include: unattractive.
bust down	Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people.
butter down	Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
buttoned-down	Definitions include: overly formal, conservative.
chow down	Definitions include: to eat.
come down	Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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Other terms relating to 'light':
change light bulbs	Definitions include: slang for Bhangra (an Indian dance where the hands are raised in the air in a twisting motion).
chase tail lights	Definitions include: to imitate competitors.
generate more heat than light	Definitions include: to generate more heated discussion than figurative illumination (i.e. insight.)
green light	Definitions include: to approve a plan.
head light flasher	Definitions include: a girl who flashes her breasts.
headlights	Definitions include: erect nipples.
it's lights out	Definitions include: it's the end / death of something.
knock (one's) lights out	Definitions include: to punch someone until they are unconscious.
lights are on but no one's home	Definitions include: alive but brain-dead.
lights on but nobody's home	Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."
lights out	Definitions include: time to go to bed.
light up	Definitions include: to set flame to a smoking device, such as a cigarette or pipe.
LOBNH	Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
natty light	Definitions include: "Natural Light" brand beer.
outen the light	Definitions include: to turn off a source of light.
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