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To seek or pursue, especially to determinedly pursue something to one's own benefit.
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(intransitive) To gain popularity.
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To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.
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To cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.
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(idiomatic, US, colloquial) To strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.).
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(idiomatic, sometimes ironic) To finish or complete something; to add a finishing touch.
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Alternative form of cap it all off. [(idiomatic, sometimes ironic) To finish or complete something; to add a finishing touch.]
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(idiomatic) To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To continue or proceed as before.
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(transitive) To hold while moving it out.
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Alternative form of cast one's net wide [(figuratively) To try a large number and variety of options.]
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(idiomatic) To survive, to endure.
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To surprisingly succeed despite long odds; to stealthily or unobtrusively rise up from a low-status position.
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Alternative form of turn up trumps [(idiomatic) To end up being successful when doing so was uncertain or unlikely.]
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(idiomatic) To work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.
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(idiomatic) To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises.
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(US, dated) To be very successful; to do a roaring trade.
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(idiomatic) To create a real or artificial boundary or distinction between (two places, people or things).
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(idiomatic) To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate.
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To prove one's worth or merit.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To behave in a manner which favours or which is biased toward.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) to continue moving the arms (and any held implements, such as a bat or club) or legs after striking e.g. a ball.
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That which is put forth; a forthputting; product.
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(figuratively) An exemption from normal processes.
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(intransitive, UK dialectal) To make or offer resistance.
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(transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
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(idiomatic) To gain some advantage; to get a head start.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To support, to cheer on.
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(idiomatic, colloquial) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To successfully communicate; to get across.
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To cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To gain an advantage over.
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(of communication) To be made successfully; to reach the addressee.
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(intransitive) To tackle (a problem or task).
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To move along or proceed.
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(of an event, circumstance, etc.) To go favorably for one.
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To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.
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(obsolete) To execute or carry out.
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(idiomatic) To go to town.
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(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly US) Appreciatively, of someone or something for being active and successful in a pursuit, to have the ability to be active and successful in a pursuit.
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To prevent something unpleasant from happening.
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(idiomatic) To open an office or business, especially in a profession.
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(idiomatic) To be angry or defensive.
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(transitive) To forestall (something).
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(figuratively) To succeed or work very well; to do the trick.
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(idiomatic, dated) To oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite.
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(obsolete, slang, finance) To endorse an accommodation bill.
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(transitive) To see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on.
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(idiomatic, informal) To continue or advance notwithstanding any issue or obstacle.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To persist in talking about a subject to the annoyance of the listener.
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(idiomatic) To be able to proceed with a plan or project, often in the face of difficult circumstances.
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(figuratively) To manage to remain up to date with trends, fashions, etc
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(intransitive) To survive or endure
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Alternative form of make one's mark [(idiomatic) To make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve prominent success.]
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(usually of a car or driver) To allow someone to pass or get past one.
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(transitive) To pass time or to pass the remainder of one's life, especially in a particular place or situation.
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To survive a difficult period or event
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To persist despite a failure or difficulty.
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To invent a pretext for going somewhere.
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to continue without being distracted; to keep going
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(figuratively, by extension) to go on to something else
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To continue, to proceed, to go on
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(idiomatic) To change a situation to a noticeable degree.
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(transitive, archaic) To resist effectually; withstand; sustain without yielding.
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To gain an advantage by simply waiting
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To come or pass over; to spread over.
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(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To go beyond or above; to exceed.
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(obsolete) To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress.
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(archaic, literary) To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.
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(archaic) To endure a difficult or unpleasant ordeal.
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To undergo; to experience.
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(Singapore, Malaysia, transitive) To submit (hand in) items to a person, usually one's teacher.
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(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
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(idiomatic) To delay a situation until one is prepared.
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(idiomatic) to persist, continue to advance
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(idiomatic) To achieve; to succeed at something difficult.
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(intransitive) To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
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(intransitive) To continue to act or do something, especially with a lot of effort
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(ditransitive) To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
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(idiomatic) to record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something.
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(transitive) To extend forward (a body part or something held).
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(idiomatic) to cause to endure
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(idiomatic) To test completely; to exercise the full range of abilities or functions.
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(intransitive, archaic) To stop at an hotel or a tavern for entertainment.
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(idiomatic) To be taken in; to be sheltered (put up).
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(idiomatic) An ostensibly thoughtful gesture, especially one performed to win favour or mitigate unfair treatment.
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(idiomatic) To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists.
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(transitive, idiomatic, by extension) To tackle a difficult situation and survive; to survive through; to weather.
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To prevent something unfortunate or traumatic from affecting oneself.
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(idiomatic) To show resolve or effectiveness in dealing with a difficulty.
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Alternative form of see one's way clear to [(idiomatic) To manage to commit oneself to (a decision or course of action).]
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(UK) To wait for all the information about something before taking action.
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(idiomatic) To manage to commit oneself to (a decision or course of action).
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Alternative form of see one's way clear to [(idiomatic) To manage to commit oneself to (a decision or course of action).]
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(transitive) To continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion.
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Alternative form of see one's way clear to [(idiomatic) To manage to commit oneself to (a decision or course of action).]
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To be sold in large numbers quickly.
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(colloquial, dated) a display or spread
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To act boldly; to take responsibility.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To publicly support (someone).
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(informal) To persist or continue to the end.
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(idiomatic, by extension) To complete a process in an impressive and conclusive manner.
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(intransitive, with to) To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
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(informal) To be lucky, to win or be successful.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To endure.
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(idiomatic) To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.
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To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
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(transitive, obsolete) To go through.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To support (a cause, a decision, etc.) using one's influence; to endorse.
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(transitive, informal) To endure.
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(transitive) to pass beyond the limits of something.
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(Britain, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
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(idiomatic) To express one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, by physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.
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To await more favourable circumstances.
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(transitive) To outcompete, or drive out of business, by one's superior size and market share.
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(transitive) To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.
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to attain one's goal in the end, despite obstacles along the way
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(transitive, archaic or formal) To forgo; give up; pass up; forfeit.
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To bypass or circumvent (a problem or obstacle).
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Synonym of make one's way
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