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keep upTo ensure that one remains well-informed about something.Rate it:

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raise the barTo raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.Rate it:

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so much forAn expression of disregard, or resignation; something said upon giving up, quitting, or disposing of something.Rate it:

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stop and smell the rosesTo relax; to take time out and enjoy or appreciate life.Rate it:

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strike upTo start something with somebody else. Usually a conversation or relationship.Rate it:

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worm in the applesomething you thought was a good thing turns out to be a bad thing; usually at the worst possible time.Rate it:

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you can't polish a turd(vulgar) Something inherently bad cannot be improved.Rate it:

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zero in onTo converge on something.Rate it:

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look the other wayTo ignore something wrong. Similar to connive.Rate it:

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you can't make an omelette without breaking eggsIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.Rate it:

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knock overTo bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.Rate it:

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cancel outTo neutralize the effect of something.Rate it:

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come aboutTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen.Rate it:

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crank upTo increase, as the volume, power or energy of something.Rate it:

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key offTo take as a controlling input datum.Rate it:

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scarf downTo eat something quickly.Rate it:

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spark offTo initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.Rate it:

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stand from underTo escape something falling or being thrown from above.Rate it:

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suck it upTo put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.Rate it:

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widow-makerSomething which or someone who takes the lives of men; a lethal hazard that affects mostly men or is specific to a primarily male trade.Rate it:

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bet one's bottom dollarto be absolutely sure of something; to be certain enough of something to wager everything.Rate it:

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carry outTo hold while moving something out.Rate it:

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fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

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knock downTo hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.Rate it:

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look upTo obtain information about something from a text source.Rate it:

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put upTo cajole or dare to do something.Rate it:

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read outTo read something and say the words to inform other people.Rate it:

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don't throw the baby out with the bathwaterTo discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.Rate it:

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hand inTo give something to a responsible person.Rate it:

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latch ontoTo obtain, acquire or get and keep hold of something.Rate it:

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a dime a dozensomething very plentiful, common, and therefore, inexpensive.Rate it:

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add upTo take a sum.Rate it:

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after the factToo late; after something is finished or final.Rate it:

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all roads lead to romedifferent paths can take one to the same goalRate it:

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allow forTo take into account when making plans.Rate it:

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angle forTo try to obtain something by subtle indirect means. Political manoeuvres, suggestion, etc.Rate it:

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as happy as a larkDescribing Someone or something happyRate it:

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ask roundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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auction offTo sell something at an auction.Rate it:

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back for moreTo enjoy something so much to where you want to return or do it again.Rate it:

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back offTo move backwards away from something.Rate it:

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back outTo withdraw from something one has promised to do.Rate it:

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bank onTo be sure of something. To depend on it.Rate it:

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barking up the wrong tree!Picking the wrong person, the most unlikely person, to do, listen, or accept something.Rate it:

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be in forTo be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.Rate it:

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beat someone to the punchTo do something before somebody else is able to.Rate it:

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blow offTo shoot something with a gun, causing it to come disconnected.Rate it:

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branch outTo attempt something new or different, but related.Rate it:

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bring to bearTo apply; to employ something to achieve an intended effect.Rate it:

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Buch mit sieben Siegelnsomething considered very hard to understandRate it:

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