to supply someone for a short time with something that is lacking:
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To start it offto begin by doing something, or to make something begin by doing something:
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To sell off somethingto charge a low price for something to encourage people to buy it:
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To wring them out of somebodyto force or persuade someone to give you something:
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Hinged on itIf a story or situation hinges on an idea or subject, it develops from that idea or that is the most important subject in it:
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Ventured upon itto try to do something difficult or dangerous:
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To shave it off somethingto cut a very thin piece from an object or surface:
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Drawing you outto help someone to express their thoughts and feelings more easily by making that person feel less nervous:
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To sign one outto sign your name next to the name of someone who is leaving a building such as an office or factory:
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To bring one outto make a shy person happier and more confident:
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To sling one outto get rid of something unwanted:
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To bring them aroundto make someone become conscious again after being unconscious:
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Deprive them of sthto take something, esp. something necessary or pleasant away from someone:
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To start you offto make someone start to laugh, cry, or talk about something that they talk about often:
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To put you downto put an object that you are holding onto the floor or onto another surface, or to stop carrying someone:
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To screen you outto not accept someone because checks show that they are not suitable to do a job:
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To cut him offto stop providing something such as electricity, supplies, etc.:
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To drill them into youto tell something to someone again and again until the person knows it:
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To sell you outIf a supply of something sells out, there is no more of that thing to buy:
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To hound me outto force someone to leave a job or a place: