to persuade someone to do what you want, often by deceiving them in a clever way:

to treat someone badly:

to try to make someone like you and treat you well by behaving in a way you think will please them:

to force or persuade someone to give you something:

to blame someone for something, especially for something they did not do:

If you whip someone into a particular state, you quickly and effectively cause them to be in that state:

to persuade a person or group to do something:

to stop something touching or harming someone or something:

to use glass to fill the open spaces in something or to cover something:

to arrange for someone to meet or work with another person or organization:

to examine a document or subject with someone in order to explain it or to get their help or opinion on it:

a kick, hit, or throw of the ball that is intended to score points in a sport such as cricket, football, tennis, or golf :

If you say you couldnt ask for someone or something better, you mean that that person or thing is the best of their type:

If you have heard of someone or something, you know that that person or thing exists:

to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked:

to examine a document or subject with someone in order to explain it or to get their help or opinion on it:

to be good at finding things of the stated type:

to attack someone violently:

to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked:

to give someone a lot of praise, criticism, etc.: