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to not take part in a physical activity such as a dance or a game, because you are tired or injured
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sit sth out
to arrive for a gathering or event, to arrive for a gathering or event
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show up
to end a relationship or connection, the small radical faction broke away from the independence movement"
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break away
to murder someone (informal)
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do away with somebody
to get rid of or destroy something
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do away with something
to do or say something that helps you to get rid of strong feelings or energy
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let off steam
If something takes the sting out of an unpleasant situation, it makes it less unpleasant
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take the sting out of something
to decide what to do or choose"She made up her mind to call him again"
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make up your mind
to feel that you belong in a place
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put down roots
If two people get on like a house on fire, they like each other very much and become friends very quickly(informal)
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get on like a house on fire
If someone runs rings round you, they are very much better, faster, or more successful at something than you are
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run rings round somebody
to cause problems for yourself by trying to punish someone else
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cut off your nose to spite your face
to lose valuable ideas or things in your attempt to get rid of what is not wanted
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throw the baby out with the bathwater
to make a successful/unsuccessful start in something
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get off on the right/wrong foot
organize yourself more effectively
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get your act together
to keep doing or talking about the same thing without achieving anything
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go/run round in circles
to refuse to change your plans or ideas, especially when someone is trying to persuade you to do so
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dig your heels in
to say positive things about someone
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put in a good word for sb
start to behave better
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clean up your act
to do something as much as possible because you were not able to do it before
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make up for lost time
used to tell someone that they are wrong about a particular situation and must realize what is really happening(informal)
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wake up and smell the coffee
to make a lot of effort to do something well
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pull out all the stops
to be very useful or successful in a particular situation
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come into your own
If ideas, remarks, or accusations are flying about/around, they are passed quickly from one person to another and cause excitement
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fly around
to travel or move from place to place
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get around (somewhere)
to tell someone what to do (inf)
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boss around
to be very busy doing a lot of different things
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run around
When you think something is not far away but you cannot see exactly where. If an idea or story floats around, it is discussed or repeated by a lot of people.
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float around
If things are lying around, they are left in places where they should not be. I wouldn't leave any money lying around the office if I were you.
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lie around
to have a sexual relationship with someone other than your husband or wife or to behave in a silly way
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play around
a process for dealing with an unexpected problem in a piece of equipment or a system or a temporary method for dealing with a computer or software problem until a more permanent solution is found
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work around
to happen, or start to happen. How did the problem come about in the first place?
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come about
to become lower in position or value or to fall and land on the ground
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come down
to hit someone or something forcefully so that it falls down, or falls to a lower place
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knock down something/someone
to persuade someone to reduce the price of something they are selling or to hit someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them
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knock sb down
to refuse an offer, a job, or a request or to reduce the amount of sound
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turn sb/sth down
to prevent someone who is speaking at a meeting from being heard, by shouting
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shout down
to stop someone from escaping by surrounding and shooting at them if they try to escape or to make someone provide details about something or make a decision about something
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pin down
to hold someone or something in place with ropes
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tie down someone/something
to reach or go as far as or to move down to a lower level or place. If a computer system goes down, it stops working. to be remembered or recorded in a particular way.
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go down
if a computer or other machine shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating or if a business or a large piece of equipment shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating
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if a computer or other machine shuts dow ?
shut sth down
to start to direct your efforts and attention towards something
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get down to sth
If something gets you down, it makes you feel unhappy or depressed
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get sb down
to make a record that someone has promised to pay a particular amount of money as part of a collection to help people in need
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put sb down for sth
to shoot and kill or badly injure someone
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gun down someone
to add water to a drink, usually an alcoholic drink, in order to make it less strong or to deliberately make an idea or opinion less extreme, usually so that other people will accept it
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water sth down

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