to stop or limit an activity or the people doing it, esp. a bad or illegal activity:
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To send for sbto send someone a message asking them to come to see you:
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Walked away with themto win a prize or competition very easily:
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Putting her off himto tell someone that you cannot see them or do something for them, or to stop someone from doing something, until a later time:
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Strike him off themIf someone with a responsible job such as a doctor or lawyer is struck off, they are officially not allowed to continue in that work because of having done something seriously wrong:
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Hails him as themto praise a person or an achievement by comparing them to someone or something very good:
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Hails them as sthto praise a person or an achievement by comparing them to someone or something very good:
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Crowds around somethingto come together closely in a crowd around someone or something:
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To get back at someoneto punish someone because that person has done something wrong to you:
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To shuck something offto get rid of something that limits you or causes you problems:
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To tick something offto speak severely to and criticize someone who has done something wrong:
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Knocking them out of somebodyIf a quality is knocked out of someone, they lose that quality because the situation they are in does not allow it to exist:
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Clears you off themto make someone go away from somewhere:
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To zero in on sbto aim a weapon directly at something or someone:
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Gets him into sthIf you do not know what has got into someone, you do not understand why they are behaving strangely:
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Keeps her out of themto prevent something or someone from entering a place:
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Puts sb up to themto encourage someone to do something, usually something wrong:
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Keeps it off herto not go onto an area, or to stop someone or something going onto an area:
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To come down with themto start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious:
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Get it through somethingto finish something: