v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To misbehave; to cause trouble.
n
(figuratively and by extension) That which returns with a memory, usually one that is bitter or painful
v
(Britain, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
n
(idiomatic, figuratively) A characteristic, possession, associate, or previous deed that hinders one's ability to succeed.
v
(idiomatic) To become ill.
v
To live with emotional damage caused by past events that cannot be easily forgotten.
v
(colloquial, especially Southern US and Midwestern US, of a person) To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime.
v
(US, sports, slang) To perform uncharacteristically poorly, well below expectations.
v
(idiomatic) To deliberately slight or snub someone.
v
(colloquial) To lose one's cool; to suddenly break out in anger.
v
(idiomatic, Internet slang) To do something disappointing, especially to fail at something (sarcastically treating a person as if they had failed their entire life).
v
To become ill, to get sick, to sicken.
v
To become ill; to fall ill.
v
(intransitive) To defeat, settle or finish.
v
(intransitive, informal) To fall asleep from exhaustion.
v
(idiomatic, humorous, slang) To be annoyed or irritable, or to behave in an ill-mannered way, particularly in the morning.
n
"forget about it", often associated with Italian-Americans in the Northeastern United States
v
(transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
v
(idiomatic) To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.
v
(Tyneside, Norfolk, often with off) To be told off or reprimanded; to get into trouble.
v
(idiomatic, Canada) To reassess the common sense of one's behaviour, ideas, etc.
v
(simile) To fail to gain acceptance: to be received poorly.
v
(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, idiomatic) To go wrong; to go awry.
n
Alternative form of gray rock method [(informal psychology) The practice of deliberately making oneself uninteresting and unresponsive so as to defend oneself against a narcissist who wishes to elicit certain responses.]
v
(computing, slang, intransitive, rare) To fail; to crash or go wrong.
v
(idiomatic) To be dead or finished.
v
(UK, informal) To feel very sad.
v
(obsolete) To have trouble come upon one; to experience sorrow or misfortune.
v
Alternative form of add insult to injury [(idiomatic) To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an already unfavourable situation.]
v
Alternative form of hit the roof [(idiomatic) To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.]
v
(transitive, colloquial) To ignore deliberately.
v
(dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
v
(idiomatic) To produce a string of failures or flops.
v
(informal) To feel devastated, or distraught, especially when one's sadness is overwhelming.
v
To stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage.
v
(idiomatic) To become irrational; lose one's mind or sense of reason.
v
(Ireland, colloquial, figuratively) get carried away; lose one's self-control; exceed one's limits or limitations
v
(intransitive) To become sick or wan.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
v
(informal) To impose significant difficulty on.
v
(Ireland) To give one a sudden fright.
v
(originally US, idiomatic) To exhaust; to demand excessive effort or work from somebody.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To become ill, to fall ill.
v
(intransitive) To become ill, to fall ill.
v
(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To take a day off from work for ill health (either real or feigned).
v
To confound, usually due to one or more unexpected occurrences.
adj
(idiomatic, slang) broken, completely failed so as to become inactive
n
(idiomatic) An unfortunate, often ironic turn of events.
v
(idiomatic) To feel grumpy and irritable; to be easily annoyed.
v
(transitive) To badmouth someone or something; to disparage.
v
To cause someone to stop being happy or joyful.
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