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put someone underTo anesthetize someone or render them unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.Rate it:

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put the fear of God intoTo cause someone to repent through fear of the wrath of God.Rate it:

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put the fear of God intoTo cause someone to obey through fear in other contexts; to terrify into submission.Rate it:

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put throughTo connect (a telephone caller with intended callee).Rate it:

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put throughto cause to endureRate it:

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put throughTo pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity.Rate it:

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put through its pacesTo test completely; to exercise the full range of abilities or functions.Rate it:

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put through the mangleAlternative form of put through the wringer.Rate it:

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put through the wringerTo interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal.Rate it:

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put up withTo tolerate, suffer through, or allow, esp. something annoying.Rate it:

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rat run/runningTo drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.Rate it:

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rat throughTo rummage; to pick over.Rate it:

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rationem alicuius rei inire, subducereto go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing.Rate it:

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rattle throughTo do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.Rate it:

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ray of lighta path a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of lightRate it:

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red as a beetrootAn expression used when someone's face turns a bright red colour, often through embarrassment. Also used in the comparative form: "Your face was redder than a beetroot".Rate it:

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right to lifeThe moral or legal entitlement of an unborn child to be born, and not have its birth prevented through an abortion or other medical procedure.Rate it:

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rose-tintTo look through rose-tinted glasses at; to view or describe as better than it actually is or was.Rate it:

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round inTo haul up; usually, to haul the slack of through its leading block, or to haul up by its fall.Rate it:

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rule outTo cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo pass through the traffic light when the red light is on.Rate it:

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run forTo try to obtain political position through the democratic voting process.Rate it:

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run into the groundTo wear out, especially through excessive use.Rate it:

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run throughTo go through by running.Rate it:

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run throughTo pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system.Rate it:

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run throughTo briefly summarise.Rate it:

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run throughTo repeat something.Rate it:

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run throughTo use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money.Rate it:

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run throughTo impale a person with a blade, usually a sword.Rate it:

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run withTo follow something through to completion or realization.Rate it:

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sail throughTo pass or progress quickly and easily.Rate it:

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scope inTo look through the scope of a rifle.Rate it:

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score offTo delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.Rate it:

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scrape throughTo marginally manage to progress.Rate it:

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scratch outTo remove something which was written, by erasing or by putting a mark through it.Rate it:

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se faire jour à travers la fouleTo force one’s way through the crowd.Rate it:

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se frayer un chemin avec les coudesTo elbow one’s way through a crowd.Rate it:

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second natureA mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.Rate it:

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see someone throughTo suffice for a time.Rate it:

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see someone throughTo constitute ample supply for one for.Rate it:

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see something throughTo fulfill a commitment.Rate it:

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see throughTo be able to predict or read someone.Rate it:

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send wordTo give notification; to inform, especially through a message.Rate it:

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shavua tovUsed Saturday night through Sunday to express good wishes for the coming week following the Jewish sabbath.Rate it:

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shine throughTo be discernible despite obstruction; to be apparent or evidenced.Rate it:

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shit out of luckWhen one has attempted to gain something, either tangible or not, and the attempt failed, either through denial, missed opportunity, etc.Rate it:

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shoot throughUsed other than as an idiom: see shoot, through.Rate it:

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shoot throughTo leave.Rate it:

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shoot through like a bondi tramTo leave in haste.Rate it:

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shout downTo shout louder than in order to force through one's argument or point of view.Rate it:

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