to start something big or important:
Posts made by Mary Mallozziberg
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Enlarged upon them
to give more details about something you have said or written:
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RE: To egg on him
to encourage someone to do something, esp. something unwise or bad:
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RE: To root for her
to support a sports team or a sports player and want them to win:
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Smoothed it over
to make problems, difficulties, or disagreements less serious or easier to solve, usually by talking to the people involved:
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To bail out something
to jump out of an aircraft with a parachute because the aircraft is going to have an accident:
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RE: Counts on something
to expect something to happen and make plans based on it:
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RE: To hinge upon something
to depend on something, or to need something in order to be successful:
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To strip sb of something
to take something away from someone, sometimes in a way that seems unfair or dishonest:
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Frees me from sth
to help or make life better for someone by taking something unpleasant away from them:
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To slap you down
to stop someone from talking or making suggestions, often in an unpleasant way:
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To write sb off
to accept that an amount of money has been lost or that a debt will not be paid:
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To sit you up
to move into a sitting position after you have been lying down, or to help someone else to do this:
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To cut him off
to remove a part of something to make it smaller or shorter, using a sharp tool such as a knife: