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get to grips withTo battle (with something).Rate it:

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get to grips withTo gain an understanding (of something).Rate it:

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Get to the Bottom of SomethingTo discover the root cause of something, to find out and investigate the actual cause of matterRate it:

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get to the pointTo state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way.Rate it:

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get up toTo do something, especially something that you should not doRate it:

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get usedBecome accustomed to something, to acclimate, to adjustRate it:

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get your feet wetDoing something for the first time, first experience of somethingRate it:

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ghost from one's pastSomething unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them to the present day.Rate it:

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gift that keeps on givingSomething with continuing consequences.Rate it:

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gild the lilyTo embellish or improve something unnecessarily; to add superfluous attributes to something.Rate it:

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Gild the LilyTo embellish or fabricate something that is already pretty and in a good conditionRate it:

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gild the pillTo make something unappealing look more attractive.Rate it:

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ginger upTo make something more interesting, fun, lively etc.Rate it:

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gird up one's loinsTo prepare oneself for something demanding.Rate it:

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give a hootTo care about; to place value on something.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something than to do it for them.Rate it:

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give a person lineto allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the lineRate it:

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give aboutto encompass or surround somethingRate it:

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give aboutto distribute or circulate somethingRate it:

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give awayTo concede.Rate it:

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give awayTo concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.Rate it:

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give awayTo unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone.Rate it:

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give awayTo formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.Rate it:

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give awayTo relinquish control over.Rate it:

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give awayTo make a gift of.Rate it:

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give away the storeTo transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party.Rate it:

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give forthTo emit or release something.Rate it:

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give it a shotTry or attempt (something).Rate it:

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Give Me FiveTo hit or slap your open hand to greet or rejoice something, as a gesture of sound agreementRate it:

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give one's left nutPay a very high price for something.Rate it:

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give overTo entrust something to another.Rate it:

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give rise to (something)To cause something to existRate it:

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give snackTo ask for something. Created to ask for something that you want, mostly in a sport when asking for the ball, hacky sack, or anything that you want that someone else is holding.Rate it:

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give somebody the slipTo evade, escape, or get away from somebody.Rate it:

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give someone the slipTo evade, escape, or get away from somebody.Rate it:

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give something a goTo try or attempt.Rate it:

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give something a missTo forego something.Rate it:

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give something a tryTo try or attempt.Rate it:

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give something a whirlTo try, test or attempt.Rate it:

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give the lie toTo prove something to be false; to refute.Rate it:

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give thoughtto consider, think about or evaluate somethingRate it:

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Give Your Eyeteeth for SomethingWilling to sacrifice something valuable to get something else, desperately wanting somethingRate it:

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glance awayTo look at something else briefly, then look back again.Rate it:

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glance overto quickly inspect something with the eyesRate it:

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glaze overSame as to gloss over something. When someone makes reference to something or alludes to it, but what was more important was hidden or was not expressly stated.Rate it:

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glom onTo attach oneself to something.Rate it:

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glom onTo comprehend something.Rate it:

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gloss overTo treat something with less care than it deserves; to skimp.Rate it:

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go against the grainTo defy convention; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.Rate it:

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