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(figuratively) to reveal one's secrets to the public.
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(idiomatic, informal) To provoke an unwanted action.
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An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
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(idiomatic) Do as you wish; go ahead; help yourself; go for it!
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(idiomatic, transitive) To persuade or otherwise induce someone to change his or her views or to choose a different course of action.
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To state an opinion on a subject that has been taboo for a period of time.
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(idiomatic, Britain, Ireland) To do what is described or what one would expect, with no further explanation needed.
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(figuratively) To be worthwhile.
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(idiomatic) To feel important; to be empowered.
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(idiomatic) To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution.
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To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules
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(obsolete, transitive) To strive against; to resist, oppose.
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(chiefly Britain) Alternative form of get a word in edgewise [(US, usually in the negative) To break into or participate in a conversation.]
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To persuade by intimidation, to tamper with.
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(idiomatic, chiefly US) To deal with the important details.
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(idiomatic) To receive publicity.
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Alternative form of get it how one lives [(African-American Vernacular, idiomatic) To achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.]
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Alternative form of put one over [(idiomatic) To succeed in a deception.]
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(transitive, idiomatic) To trick or con.
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(colloquial) Alternative form of get it through one's skull [(colloquial) Synonym of get it through one's head]
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(UK) To apply great physical effort to (something).
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(idiomatic) To take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person.
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misconstruction of have had it [(idiomatic) To have endured all that one can.]
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(idiomatic) To treat something very delicately or carefully.
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To be typical of a particular individual, particularly with respect to a crime or scheme.
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To face a large task or project.
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(intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
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(idiomatic, colloquial) To have great success
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(informal) To be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right.
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Synonym of know one's ass from a hole in the ground
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Alternative form of put one's cards on the table [(idiomatic) To reveal one's true intentions, beliefs, feelings, or other previously concealed facts about one's situation; to speak frankly.]
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(idiomatic) To win or earn a large amount of money.
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Alternative form of make a spectacle of oneself [(idiomatic, originally US) To embarrass oneself or others in public.]
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(now rare) To be unfavourable to; to work against.
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Alternative form of make bricks without straw [(idiomatic) To accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.]
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(transitive) To defeat in litigation.
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Alternative form of pick someone's brain [(idiomatic) To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone.]
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To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
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Alternative form of put one's cards on the table [(idiomatic) To reveal one's true intentions, beliefs, feelings, or other previously concealed facts about one's situation; to speak frankly.]
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(idiomatic) to assume someone has a particular character from very little information.
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(informal) To behave in a brave or stoic manner.
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(idiomatic) To succeed in a deception.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To deceive, trick, or fool (someone), especially by concealing something.
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(idiomatic) To test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc.
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(idiomatic) To reveal one's true intentions, beliefs, feelings, or other previously concealed facts about one's situation; to speak frankly.
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Alternative form of put oneself about [To make oneself visible or noticeable in a place; to make an appearance.]
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Alternative form of put oneself about [To make oneself visible or noticeable in a place; to make an appearance.]
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(informal) To do something particularly well or particularly badly.
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Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone or to advance one's own interests.
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Alternative form of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps [(idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only by one's own efforts or abilities.]
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To inveigle someone into (doing something) that they are reluctant to do.
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(idiomatic) To reveal something known to oneself but previously concealed from others, especially regarding one's own plans or resources.
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Alternative form of show one's cards [(idiomatic) To reveal something known to oneself but previously concealed from others, especially regarding one's own plans or resources.]
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Alternative form of show one's true stripes [(idiomatic) To reveal one's real beliefs, sentiments, or character, especially through one's behavior.]
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(informal) To show what one is capable of.
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Alternative spelling of show one's true colors [To reveal how one really is, as opposed to how one has been portrayed or after having been deceptively and deliberately misleading.]
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(idiomatic) To reveal one's real beliefs, sentiments, or character, especially through one's behavior.
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to make one's voice heard, to speak up
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(transitive, idiomatic) To keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions.
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To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.
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(idiomatic) To willingly accept the premise of a story or work of art, usually for the sake of enjoying it.
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(idiomatic) To recognize that many others are in the same situation; recognize that one's concerns are not of high priority; be prepared to wait.
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Synonym of take issue with
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(idiomatic) To accept and deal with something (an event, etc.) as it occurs, with a composed state of mind.
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(idiomatic) To persuade someone to do something by talking to them.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage.
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Alternative form of think with one's little head [(idiomatic, euphemistic, usually humorous, of a male) To make decisions or act based on one's sexual impulses rather than based on clear reasoning.]
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(transitive, idiomatic) To discuss something so fully as to resolve a problem or conflict; to hammer out.
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To convince someone to volunteer, especially to do something which one should do oneself.
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(idiomatic) Synonym of ace up one's sleeve
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(transitive, figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack.
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(idiomatic) To be empowered to choose whatever job, financial arrangement, or course of action one desires.
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