to provide an excuse, idea, opinion, or fact, especially one that has been used often before or one that is silly:
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To trot out them
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Savors of it
to have particular characteristics or qualities that make people think of something, especially something unpleasant:
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RE: To trade them in
a method of buying something new by giving something you own as part of the payment for it:
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To pin down sb
to stop someone from escaping by surrounding and shooting at them if they try to escape:
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To rip off you
to cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something:
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To have me on
to persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke:
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To trot out sb
to provide an excuse, idea, opinion, or fact, especially one that has been used often before or one that is silly:
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RE: To hinge on sth
If a story or situation hinges on an idea or subject, it develops from that idea or that is the most important subject in it:
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Falling back on it
to use something, especially a form of financial support, when other things have failed:
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To tick off them
to speak severely to and criticize someone who has done something wrong:
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RE: To shake down one
to search a person or place carefully, usually in order to find things that are stolen or illegal:
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To limber up it
to do gentle exercises to stretch the muscles in order to prepare the body for more active physical exercise:
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To bring up sb
to care for a child until they are an adult, often giving them particular beliefs:
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RE: Scare away something
to make someone so worried about doing something that they decide not to do it:
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To rustle up sth
to make something quickly, usually a meal from the food that is available:
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RE: To turn me off
to stop someone feeling interested or excited, especially sexually:
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To lavish it on sb
to give someone a lot, or too much, of something such as money, presents, or attention: