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✔️ Walk in on someone
》To go into a room and interrupt someone that is doing something private.
▪︎ He walked in on his roommate when he was going to get dressed.
▪︎ My mother walked in on us when we were kissing.
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✔ Surly /ˈsɜːli/
》(adj.) Bad-tempered and unfriendly.
▪︎Ann left the office with a surly expression; she looked really annoyed.
▪︎My boss is a rude and surly man; you'll never see him happy, he's always complaining about everything.
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✔️ A fool for something
》Used for saying that someone likes or loves something or someone else.
▪︎ She's a fool for ice cream, she eats them even in winter.
▪︎ He's a fool for his wife, I think they are the perfect couple.
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✔ Turn in
》 (informal) To go to bed
▪︎I'm really exhausted, I think I'll turn in early tonight.
▪︎I usually turn in at about midnight, that's when I start feeling sleepy.
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✔ Bottle up
》If you bottle feelings up, you refuse to talk about things that worry you or make you angry.
▪︎When Jim has a problem he hardly ever talks about it; normally he bottles it up and keeps it to himself.
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✔ Wait out
》To wait until a bad or unpleasant situation has finished.
▪︎We decided to wait out the rain instead of cancelling the party.
▪︎I wasn't interested in his speech but I couldn't leave, so I sat down and just waited it out.
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✔ Hindsight
/ˈhaɪndsaɪt/
》Understanding of a situation only after it has happened, because you did not understand or realize it at the time.
▪︎In hindsight, it would have been better to wait instead of leaving the party so soon.
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✔️ Beef something up
》To add strength to something.
▪︎ We need to beef up our online services if we want to be competitive.
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✔️ By and large
》Generally but not completely true.
▪︎ By and large, most of the people who live in this area work in the power station.
▪︎ I like this village by and large, but it's a bit far from the nearest town.
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✔️ Not in the least
》Not at all.
》Not even a little bit.
▪︎ The bad reviews didn't affect the chef's confidence in his cooking skills, not in the least.
▪︎ I have a good, permanent job, and I'm not in the least worried about the future
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✔ Be on it
》To be actively dealing with something.
》To be trying to solve a difficulty in a determined way.
▪︎There's been a power cut in section four, but don't worry, I'm on it. It will soon be back to normal.
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✔ Cut to the chase
》To talk about the important parts of something and avoid dealing with unimportant things.
▪︎OK, we don't have much time, so let's cut to the chase; how much money do we need for this project?
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✔️ Rub it in
》To make someone feel worse about something they are already embarrassed about.
▪︎ I know I paid too much for that old car, you don't need to rub it in.
▪︎ He made a mistake and he's sorry about that, just don't rub it in.
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✔️ Slip out
》To leave a place without being noticed.
▪︎I managed to slip out of the meeting before it finished.
》To say something by mistake.
▪︎It wasn't my intention to tell her about that party, it just slipped out.
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✔First off
》In the first place.
》First of all.
▪︎Hello, and welcome everyone. First off, I'd like to thank the chairman for his kind invitation.
▪︎I have lots of things to do today, but first off I must finish this report.
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✔️ To ground someone in something
》To teach someone the basic parts of a subject.
▪︎ As a primary school teacher, Jim grounded his five-year-old pupils in the basics of reading and writing.
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✔️ Let alone
》Used to indicate that something is even more unlikely to happen than another unlikely thing.
▪︎ After the accident he's unable to walk properly, let alone run.
▪︎ I'm not going to invite Jim, let alone his whole family.
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✔ A buzzkill
》(informal) Something or someone that spoils an enjoyable moment or event.
▪︎I don't want to be a buzzkill but it's late, we need to get some sleep and we must be at the airport at 7. We should leave the party now.
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✔ Sleep on something
》To think carefully about something and delay making a decision until the next day.
👧🏻 This is my final offer, I just can't give you any more.
👨🏻 Ok, I'll sleep on it and I'll let you know tomorrow.
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✔ Conk out
(informal)
1. If a machine conks out, it stops working properly.
▪︎My old computer conked out this morning, I need to buy a new one.
2. If you conk out, you fall asleep very quickly
▪︎I conked out watching TV last night.
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✔️ To nip
》(informal) To quickly leave or go somewhere for a short period of time.
▪︎ He nipped down to buy some milk and he came back quickly.
▪︎ I need to nip out to the park and get some fresh air for a few minutes.
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🇺🇲 Don't sweat it
/swɛt/
》Use this expression to tell someone not to worry or be anxious about something.
🧔🏻♂️The dinner was awful, I'm a really bad cook.
🙎♀️Don't sweat it, next one will be perfect, I'm sure.
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✔️ Sink in
》To become completely known or understood.
▪︎ Jim is not what you'd call an intelligent guy. You'll have to tell him what to do or how to do it time and again before it sinks in.
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✔ Suit yourself
》Used to tell someone that you accept a decision they have made, even though you think it is wrong.
👧🏻 I know it's going to be a great party, but I'd rather stay in tonight.
👨🏻 All right, suit yourself. Bye!
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✔ Three
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meaning "very busy":
•To be snowed under
•To be up to one's eyes/ears in work
•To have your hands full
- I can't go with you, I've got my hands full.
- I'm up to my eyes in work right now.
- I'm snowed under at the office.
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✔ As to
(Formal)
》About.
》With regard to something.
▪︎Do you have any theories as to what caused this illness, doctor?
▪︎As to our plans for the future, I strongly believe we must sign the deal with the Japanese investors.
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✔ What's it to you?
(informal)
》It doesn't concern you.
》It's none of your business.
👧🏻 What were you doing with Ann at the shopping mall yesterday afternoon?
👨🏽 What's it to you? Mind your own business, will you?
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✔️ In all likelihood
》Very probably.
》Almost certainly.
▪︎ In all likelihood, the deal with these investors will be signed next week.
▪︎ In all likelihood the sword that was found in the burial mound was made in the 5th century BC.
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✔ Send out for something
》If you send out for something, typically food, you order it on the internet or by phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
▪︎We sent out for some pizzas and watched the Cup final at home.
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✔ Mouth off
(inf.)
》To loudly criticize someone.
▪︎He's always mouthing off about the boss when we're in the pub.
》To talk in a rude and unpleasant way.
▪︎He started to mouth off to his teacher, so he was suspended from school.
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✔️ Would you care for...?
》A polite and formal way to ask if someone wants or would like something.
▪︎ Would you care for some tea or coffee, madam?
▪︎ I've made some cookies. Would you care for one, Jim?
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✔ To the bone
》To a very high degree.
▪︎It was terribly cold, when we got home we were frozen to the bone!
》Entirely; downright.
▪︎She was born in London but she's Welsh to the bone.
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✔️ Muddle through
》To manage to do something successfully, even though you do not know how to do it properly.
▪︎ Nobody helped me when I started working here, but I managed to muddle through and I learned from my mistakes.
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✔ Write someone up
》To report someone for breaking a rule or a law, using notes that you have taken.
▪︎I won't write you up but I need to know what you did with the documents you took.
▪︎If you do this again I'll have to write you up!
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✔ Make it snappy
》(informal) Used to tell someone to hurry up.
▪︎Come on, make it snappy; we must finish this work today and we haven't got much time left.
▪︎Put your shoes on and make it snappy, we're in a hurry.
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✔️ Stumble into something
/ˈstʌmbl/
》To start doing something or become involved in it by chance.
▪︎I stumbled into singing when my friend invited me to join the choir.
▪︎She stumbled into acting when she was studying at college.
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✔ Kiss and make up
》To become friendly again after a disagreement or an argument.
▪︎We had our differences in the past, but now it's time for us to kiss and make up.
▪︎They had a fight but then they kissed and made up.
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✔️ Pipe up
》(informal) To suddenly say something or make a noise, especially when you have been silent before.
▪︎The child kept complaining while his mother was silent. Then, all of a sudden, his mother looked at him and piped up "NO!!"
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✔️ At the drop of a hat
》If something is done at the drop of a hat it is done quickly, without pausing to think about the consequences.
▪︎ I'd accept that job at the drop of a hat.
▪︎ They rejected the compromise at the drop of a hat.
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✔ All too often
》Too frequently; often referring to something bad or unpleasant which happens too many times.
▪︎He has been caught sleeping while on duty all too often; he risks losing his job.
▪︎We have the same problem all too often.
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✔ In kind
》Reacting to something someone has done by doing the same thing.
▪︎If we're attacked we'll respond in kind.
》(of a payment) made in the form of goods or services and not money.
▪︎I paid him in kind, I let him use my motorbike.
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✔ Burn the midnight oil
》To stay awake late at night in order to study or work.
▪︎Ann is burning the midnight oil to finish her work on time.
▪︎I burnt the midnight oil preparing for that exam. I really need to pass that one.
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🇺🇲 Blow off
》To decide not to do something or not to meet someone, because you think they are not important.
▪︎ We'd arranged to meet at 9, but he just blew me off.
▪︎ She got into trouble for blowing off the manager's instructions.
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✔️ A mishmash of something
》A confusing and disorganized mixture or combination of things.
▪︎ Jim's cooking is a mishmash of ingredients, he usually throws in anything he finds in the fridge.
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✔ At all costs
✔ At any cost
》Regardless of the effort needed or the price to be paid in order to achieve something.
▪︎We must avoid an economic war at any cost.
▪︎I want you with me at all costs, I need talented people with me.
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☝🏽 Remember:
✔We arrive IN or AT a place.
》Arrive IN: towns, cities or countries.
▪︎I arrived in Rome.
▪︎We arrived in Spain.
》Arrive AT: buildings or small places.
▪︎I arrived at the airport.
▪︎We arrived at the restaurant.
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✔️ Come what may
》Whatever happens.
▪︎ Being a civil servant you know your job is safe come what may, and that's important.
▪︎ I'll be there tomorrow to help you with your project come what may, you know you can trust me.
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✔️ Come again?
》(inf.) Used to ask someone to repeat or explain something that you have not understood.
🙎♀️The gravitational force tugging between two bodies depends on how massive each one is and how far apart the two lie.
🧑🏻 Come again?
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✔ Withhold (from)
》If you withhold something that someone wants, you refuse to give it to them
▪︎I know he has valuable information which he's withholding from us.
▪︎Police withheld the victim's name until his relatives could be told.
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✔ Spring for
(🇺🇸 informal)
》To pay for something.
》To buy something.
▪︎This hotel is awful. Couldn't you spring for a better one?
▪︎Jim offered to spring for the train tickets.
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✔️ Throw shade
》To publicly criticize someone or something by making subtle and indirect comments about them.
▪︎ I don't mean to throw shade, but that's not the way to run a business.
▪︎ He always throws shade at the way his colleagues work.
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✔️ Give someone the runaround
》To fail to give someone information or help that they need by not answering questions directly
▪︎ When I call customer service to complain, they give me the runaround and transfer me to different departments.
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🇺🇸 A do-over
》A new opportunity to do something after a previous attempt has failed.
▪︎Be careful if you are going to invest your money in the stock market; sometimes there are no do-overs and you might lose all your savings.
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✔️ Off the hook
》(informal) Relieved or freed from a difficult or troublesome situation or responsibility.
▪︎ After hours of questioning the suspect was let go, and as he was walking back home he felt like he was off the hook.
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✔️ Speak for yourself
▪︎ Use it when you think the opinion or statement being made only applies to the person speaking, and not necessarily to anyone else.
👧🏻Nobody likes spicy food, it's horrible.
👨🦱Speak for yourself, I love spicy food.
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✔ Take something up with someone
》To start to discuss about something with someone.
▪︎I'm sorry, I can't help you with your problem; you'll have to take it up with the manager, I'm sure she will tell you what to do.
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✔ A big if
》Used to say that something is very difficult or unlikely to happen.
▪︎If we find the money we need to continue, and that's a big if, we should be able to finish our research work by the end of the year.
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✔ Have a mind of one's own
》To make your own decisions without being influenced.
▪︎She's a girl with a mind of her own.
》(of a machine) To fail to work as it should.
▪︎Something's wrong with my laptop, it seems to have a mind of its own.
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✔️ Hard cash
》Money in the form of notes and/or coins that you have and you can spend immediately.
▪︎This car was legally bought and paid for in hard cash.
▪︎These investors have promised to bring in hard cash, which we urgently need.
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✔️ Clue someone in
/kluː/
》To give someone useful information that they need to know.
▪︎Come and see me before the meeting, I'll clue you in on what you need to know.
▪︎On my first day at work I was clued in about some basic rules.
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✔ Customer or Client?
》We are customers at shops in general, supermarkets, etc.
▪︎This supermarket has plenty of customers.
》We are clients of professional people or companies; lawyers, plumbers, etc.
▪︎That lawyer has many clients.
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🇺🇸 Square away
》(Informal) To deal with something or finish it in a satisfactory way.
▪︎All the problems we had have been squared away.
▪︎Jim promised me he'd get things squared away in time for the meeting.
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✔️ Be hot on something
》(informal) To be very interested in something.
▪︎ Ann is really hot on genetic engineering. She's a talented researcher.
▪︎ The boss is hot on the idea of expanding our business into the Asian market.
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✔️ In the flesh
》In person.
》In real life and not on TV, in a picture, etc.
▪︎ I saw this actor in the flesh last month and he looked much older.
▪︎ When people see her in the flesh they tell her she looks taller on TV.
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✔️ See oneself out
》To leave a place on one's own, without assistance or being shown the way out by someone else.
▪︎ After the meeting ended, we saw ourselves out of the conference room.
▪︎ I'll see myself out. Goodbye then, see you later.
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✔️ A long shot
》If something is a long shot, it is unlikely to succeed and it can be risky, but it is worth trying.
▪︎ I know it's a long shot, but if we sign this deal it could be our last chance to avoid going bankrupt.
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✔ Wear off
》If the effect of something wears off, it gradually loses effectiveness or intensity.
▪︎The pain in my shoulder is starting to wear off.
▪︎After driving my new car for some time, the novelty soon wore off.
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✔ Bits and bobs/pieces
(inf.)
》Small tasks, jobs or things.
👨🏻 What are you doing on Sunday?
👧 Nothing, just a few bits and bobs around the house.
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👧🏻 I've been to Joe's pound shop; it sells lots of interesting bits and pieces.
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✔ Made of vs. Made from
1. Made of
》Used if the material of which something is made can still be seen.
▪︎These tables are made of wood.
2. Made from
》Used if the the material can no longer be seen.
▪︎Plastic is made from oil.
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✔️ Ecstatic /ɛksˈtætɪk/
》Extremely happy.
》Elated or euphoric.
▪︎ He was absolutely ecstatic when he received the job offer of his dreams.
▪︎ The crowd was ecstatic as their team scored the winning goal in the championship match.
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✔ Put/Set the world to rights
》To have an informal conversation about different things, for example, how to solve social or political issues.
▪︎We spent some time in the pub, drinking, playing pool and putting the world to rights.
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✔️ Keep someone posted (on)
》To regularly tell someone the most recent news about something.
▪︎ I’ll keep you posted on your son's progress every day.
▪︎ Jim will keep us posted on anything that is discussed before the meeting.
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✔️ Put upon (adj.)
》If you are put upon, someone takes advantage of you because you are kind and helpful.
▪︎ I'm being put upon at work; whenever I lend the boss a hand she ends up taking all the credit; I hate it!
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✔️ I thought as much
》Used to say that you are not surprised that something someone is telling you is true.
👨🦱 Ann and Jim have split up.
👩🏻 I thought as much, they were always fighting like cat and dog.
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✔ Let alone
》Used to say that something is even less likely to happen than another unlikely thing mentioned before.
▪︎I don't have time to relax at home these days, let alone go out with my friends.
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✔ Hell-bent (+on)
》(informal) Determined to obtain or achieve something at any cost.
▪︎She's hell-bent on leaving her job, she says she can't stand her boss.
▪︎She's hell-bent on winning the tournament and she's training hard.
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✔️ Get behind with
》To fail to do as much work or pay as much money as you should have.
▪︎ I was sick for a week and now I'm getting behind with my work, I must hurry up.
▪︎ Jim got behind with the payments for his motorcycle.
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🇬🇧 Crack on
》(informal) If you crack on with a task or a job, you continue doing it quickly and energetically.
▪︎ All right, let's crack on, we must finish this project before the meeting and we're just halfway through it.
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✔️ The call of nature
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》Used humorously to refer to a need to use the toilet.
▪︎I had to leave the lecture room to answer the call of nature.
▪︎I have to answer the call of nature, I'll be back in a couple of minutes.
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✔ Ever so / ✔ Ever such (a/an)
(🇬🇧 inf.)
》Used before an adjective or an adverb to mean "Very".
▪︎I'm ever so grateful for your help.
▪︎It's an old car but it's in ever such good condition.
▪︎Ann is ever such a good lawyer.
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☝️Remember!
》We arrive IN a large area.
▪I'll arrive in London at 6.
▪We arrived in France at noon.
》We arrive AT a small place.
▪He arrived at the school on time.
▪I arrived late at the office.
⚠️We NEVER arrive "to" a place.
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🇬🇧 Bottle out
》(informal) If you bottle out before doing something difficult or unpleasant, you do not do it because you lose your courage at the last moment.
▪︎ He bottled out when he realised the boss was listening to his speech.
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🇺🇲 Hit someone up
》(informal) To make contact with someone, usually in order to ask them for money or a favour.
▪︎ He's always hitting up the boss for a pay rise.
▪︎ If you need any help just hit me up, you can count on me.
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✔ Be in the know
》If you are in the know, you are well-informed about something that is known only to a few people.
▪︎Jim is in the know, but he won't tell us what happened.
▪︎I'm in the know, Ann told me about the incident.
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✔ Take the fall (for someone or something)
》If you take the fall you are punished or blamed in the place of another person.
▪︎Go ahead and do your job; and don't worry, If anything goes wrong I'll take the fall for you.
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✔️ Pull a stunt
》If you pull a stunt, you are doing something foolish, risky or dangerous.
▪︎I know you like driving fast but the road is icy this morning, so please drive carefully, don't pull a stunt.
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✔️ Stick around
》To remain in or near a place for a period of time.
▪︎When the party finished we stuck around for a while to help clean up.
▪︎You go ahead, I'll stick around until Jim comes and then we'll see you in the pub.
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✔️ Cannot think/see straight
》If you cannot think or see straight, you are unable to think or see clearly.
▪︎ Stop making that noise, I can't think straight!
▪︎ Last night was too tired to see straight.
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