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lip service

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2 meanings of lip service

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  1. 1
    empty talkidiomuncountable
    Saying that you support something but doing nothing to help it.

    The mayor paid lip service to fixing the parks, but nothing changed.

    We want real help, not just lip service.

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  2. 2
    oral sexidiomslangvulgaruncountable
    Sex in which someone uses their mouth on a woman's private parts.

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Origin

First used around 1590, by Henry Holland in a book against witchcraft.