to put an object that you are holding onto the floor or onto another surface, or to stop carrying someone:

If you bounce something off someone, you tell someone about an idea or plan in order to find out what they think of it:

to do everything for someone so that that person does not have to do anything for himself or herself:

to give attention to something, because it is of special interest or often because you think it is the cause of a problem:

If someone is weaned on something, they have learned about and been influenced by it when young:

to encourage someone to do something, esp. something unwise or bad:

to begin to like or enjoy someone or something:

to tell other people secret and damaging information about someone

to form a separate company from part of an existing company:

to choose the best people or things from a group:

to get rid of an illness:

to make less serious or easier to solve:

to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant:

to get rid of someone or something or deal with something so that the matter is finished:

to be similar to, and make someone think of, something or someone else:

to prevent someone or something from doing something:

to discover informally what someone thinks or intends to do about a particular thing, so that you can be prepared or take suitable action:

to help or make life better for someone by taking something unpleasant away from them:

to hit and kick someone, usually to frighten or threaten them

to be able to use the cost of something you have bought to reduce the amount of tax you owe: