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get through one's headTo come to terms with a fact, a state of affairs, etc. that one was previously unable or refusing to accept.Rate it:

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get through toTo succeed in communicating with (after initial difficulty).Rate it:

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glaze overTo become unfocused, as if through boredom.Rate it:

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go nativeOf a contractor or consultant, to begin working directly as an employee for a company and cease to work through a contracting firm or agency.Rate it:

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go throughto readRate it:

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go through hellWinston Churchill.Rate it:

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go through hellTo have a miserable experience.Rate it:

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go through the millTo experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.Rate it:

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go through the motionsTo do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm; to perform a task perfunctorily.Rate it:

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go through the roofA dramatic physical or emotional reaction or tirade to any of these. A disappointment, a great omission or error, an unnecessary loss due to inattention or carelessness.Rate it:

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go through withTo proceed; to continue.Rate it:

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gobble upTo continually absorb or expand through annexation.Rate it:

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grateA horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.Rate it:

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guts outTo persevere through; to complete in spite of pain, etc.Rate it:

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hang backTo wait; to falter; to avoid proceeding through reluctance.Rate it:

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hash outTo work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.Rate it:

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haunted houseA Halloween amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through the attraction.Rate it:

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hear ofTo become aware of through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.Rate it:

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hear on the grapevineTo hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends.Rate it:

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hear through the grapevineTo hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends.Rate it:

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hold somebody's handTo guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details.Rate it:

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hold someone's handTo guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details.Rate it:

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holeA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.Rate it:

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idiot mittensMittens connected by yarn or string running through one sleeve, along the back and out the other sleeve of a coat, to prevent the mittens becoming lost. Generally worn by small children.Rate it:

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il se mettrait en quatre pour un amiHe would go through fire and water for a friend.Rate it:

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ils s'échappèrent qui par la porte, qui par les fenêtresSome escaped through the door, others through the windows.Rate it:

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in for a penny, in for a poundExpressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof; accepting that one must Rate it:

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in through the back doorTo introduce a measure in a way which one's opponents will not notice.Rate it:

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it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of godThe rich can afford more immoral behavior than the poor.Rate it:

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it is through our observation and analysis of what we observe that we begin to understand how childIt is through our observation and analysis of what we observe that we begin to understand how children make meaning in their world, and we come to know what they know and can do.Rate it:

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it's not for us to wonder why, it's for us to do or die!Ask no questions, ponder nothing, hold no reservations, withhold no loyalty; Simply fall-in, join forces, obey my orders, follow through and prepare to make the supreme sacrifice in this horrific challenge!Rate it:

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jump through hoopsTo put forth effort for the sake of appearance or demonstration.Rate it:

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kick someone when they are downTo make it worse for someone who is going through a difficult time.Rate it:

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la faim chasse le loup hors du boisHunger tames the lion; Hunger will break through stone walls.Rate it:

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laundry-shareAn arrangement in which owners of usually privately owned washers and dryers who wish to do others’ laundry and community users who choose to have their laundry done nearby, any time of the day, no matter where they are, use a network (such as one accessed through an app or a website) to coordinate the pickup and drop off soiled and cleaned garments, for which the user or soiled garment owner pays the washer (laundry doer) to clean for them.Rate it:

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leaf outTo open its buds.Rate it:

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leaf peepersPeople who go to places when and where the leaves are changing colors to see the beauty of the red, orange, yellow and green colors on the landscape.Rate it:

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leaf throughRapidly reading short sections at random.Rate it:

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leave nothing to the imaginationHe stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.Rate it:

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let the door hit you where the good Lord split youA command that another person leave, thereby impliedly having the door hit them on the buttocks as they pass through it.Rate it:

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lie through one's teethTo tell a gross or egregious untruth.Rate it:

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like a hot knife through buttervery quickly and easily doneRate it:

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like drinking through a fire hoseUsed to express the challenge of assimilating a large amount of information quicklyRate it:

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like shit through a goosevery fastRate it:

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like wading through treacleIncredibly slow going, or not going anywhere.Rate it:

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live throughTo survive a difficult period or eventRate it:

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live wireAn electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.Rate it:

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long tailSales made for less usual goods within a very large choice, which can return a profit through reduced marketing and distribution costs.Rate it:

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look throughTo gaze through a gap or apertureRate it:

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look throughTo pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visibleRate it:

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