to treat someone as if you are more important or more intelligent than them:
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Riding it outIf a ship rides out a period of bad weather, it continues to float during it, without serious damage:
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Paying it backto pay someone the money that you owe them:
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Calling her backto phone someone again, or to phone someone who called you earlier:
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Looking after itto care for or be in charge of someone or something:
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Have a head for itto have a natural ability to do something well:
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Fears for herto be worried about something, or to be worried that someone is in danger:
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Hangs it on youto wait for a short time:
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Slapping sth on youto force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received:
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Pandering to itto do or provide exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it is not acceptable, reasonable, or approved of, usually in order to get some personal advantage:
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To cater for himto provide what someone or something wants or needs:
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To come from a placeto be caused by something:
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Came from itto be born, got from, or made in a particular place:
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Kept sth off somebodyto stop something touching or harming someone or something:
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To sit under someoneto receive teaching from someone:
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Toss them for somethingWhen you toss food you shake or mix small pieces of it together with a sauce or dressing :
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Her answer to someoneIf something or someone is the answer to another thing or person, it is or they are considered to be similar or as good:
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To take after someoneto be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character:
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To care for somethingto love someone and feel romantic towards them:
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Quarreled with somethingto think that something is wrong: