to dry plates, cups, etc. with a cloth after they have been washed

(of something bad) to increase:

to allow someone to use something or someone temporarily in exchange for money:

to give responsibility for something to someone else:

to make a driver stop their vehicle by waving your arms up and down:

to talk again about a past event or experience that should be forgotten, because it upsets or annoys someone else:

the point just before something very different and noticeable happens:

If you have a competition or game sewn up, you are certain to win it or get control of it:

to behave in a way that makes someone you are with feel ashamed or embarrassed:

to talk about something in a way that makes it seem less important or less serious than it really is:

to be part of a group that opposes/supports a particular idea, plan, or group:

to start not to like or agree with someone or something, or to make someone do this:

to refuse an opportunity or decide not to take part in something:

a small piece of paper with information on it about a product or event

at the start of a new and important time or development:

a writer or a book, article, etc. that is mentioned in a piece of writing, showing you where particular information was found

to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to:

To attach a particular quality to something is to consider it to have that quality:

to make someone go away from somewhere:

to talk or write about someone or something, especially in only a few words: