to understand what someone or something is like and to know how to deal with him, her, or it:
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Tires of somethingto become bored with someone or something, or to stop enjoying an activity:
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Making for itto result in or make possible:
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Pants for herto want someone or something very much:
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Hollowed it outto make an empty space inside something:
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Working at itto try hard to achieve something:
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To hunger after sthto want something very much:
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To heap sth on themto give someone a lot of praise, criticism, etc.:
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To set it on youto make an animal or person attack someone:
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Pining for itto want or miss something or someone very much:
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Heaping it on themto give someone a lot of praise, criticism, etc.:
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Gone for meto attack someone:
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Weans her from themto make someone gradually stop using something that is bad for them:
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To make for somewhereto result in or make possible:
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Deriving from itto get something from something else:
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Stemming from themto start or develop as the result of something:
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Leaving sth to somebodyto give someone responsibility for dealing with something:
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Kept sth from somebodyto prevent someone or something from doing something:
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Keeps sth off somebodyto stop something touching or harming someone or something:
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To stand for somethingIf one or more letters stand for a word or name, they are the first letter or letters of that word or name and they represent it: