to sit down suddenly and heavily, or to put an object or child down suddenly and without taking care:
Posts made by Dave Paprocki
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To plump sth down
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RE: To cool him down
to stop feeling angry or to stop someone else feeling angry after an argument:
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RE: To weigh sth down
to make a person feel worried and unhappy because of problems, responsibilities, and duties:
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To go against somebody
If a decision or vote goes against someone, they do not get the result that they wanted:
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RE: Sneak a glance at somebody
to secretly tell someone in authority, especially a teacher, that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble:
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RE: On the back of something
by using or taking advantage of someone or something else:
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Gotten around to them
to do something that you have intended to do for a long time:
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Attaches them to something
To attach a particular quality to something is to consider it to have that quality:
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Exploding into something
to suddenly change into something powerful or exciting:
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Get behind her
to fail to do as much work or pay as much money as you should by a particular time:
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Set a trend for something
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving:
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Set the trend for sth
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving:
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Falling back on them
to use something, especially a form of financial support, when other things have failed:
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Letting sb in on them
to tell someone about something that is secret, or to allow someone to become involved in something that only very few people are involved in:
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To allow of them
If a rule or situation allows of something, it makes it possible: