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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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rat throughTo rummage; to pick over.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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scrape throughTo marginally manage to progress.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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shine throughTo be discernible despite obstruction; to be apparent or evidenced.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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sit throughTo unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event.Rate it:

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skim throughto go through something hastilyRate it:

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skim throughto read something hurriedly without being attached to detailsRate it:

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slip throughTo get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.Rate it:

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talk throughTo comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it.Rate it:

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talk through one's hatTo assert something as true or valid; to bluff.Rate it:

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talk through one's hatTo speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts.Rate it:

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Through the GrapevineSpreading of the message in an informal manner; rumors about something or spread of a confidential infoRate it:

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through the millbadly treated, abusedRate it:

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through the roofRapidly increasing.Rate it:

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wade throughTo do a boring, repetitive research task.Rate it:

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walk throughUsed other than as an idiom: walk through.Rate it:

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walk throughTo perform something with ease.Rate it:

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walk throughTo rehearseRate it:

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walk throughTo explain someone something, step by step.Rate it:

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wet throughsoaked, very wetRate it:

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

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win throughto attain one's goal in the end, despite obstacles along the wayRate it:

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work throughTo get past a difficult or stressful situation by thinking or talking about it.Rate it:

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work throughUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see work,‎ through.Rate it:

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baptism by fireA change in initial attitude or ideals through a traumatic situation.Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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foot votingExpressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.Rate it:

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game outTo run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.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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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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put up withTo tolerate, suffer through, or allow, esp. something annoying.Rate it:

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run forTo try to obtain political position through the democratic voting process.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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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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tears of joyTo express general happiness through tears.Rate it:

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trial and errorTo find a solution by experimenting; to achieve success through repeated failuresRate it:

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vale of tearsA symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).Rate it:

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замёрзнуть как собакаto be chilled to the marrow, to feel as cold as ice, to be frozen through, to be chilled to the boneRate it:

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fools rush in where angels fear to treadA person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.Rate it:

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act outTo express one's feelings through disruptive actions.Rate it:

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black ballStall, close ranks, make it impossible to make a break throughRate it:

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