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| To come about: |
to happen. |
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| To bring about: |
to cause to happen. This idiom is used to indicate ‘who’ or ‘what’ caused something to come about. |
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| To build up: |
to increase slowly, to make stronger gradually. |
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| To die down: |
to decrease, to lessen strength or intensity. |
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| To fade away: |
to diminish gradually in time or distance. |
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| To die out: |
not to exist anymore; to be in the process of disappearing. |
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| To make out: |
to read or see clearly; to prepare a legal document, such as a will, a check, etc. |
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| To live up to: |
to fulfill (a standard or promise). |
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| To stick to: |
to adhere to (a promise), to follow or obey (a set of rules, procedures, etc.). |
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| To rip off: |
to cheat , to take unfair advantage of. The noun form ‘ripoff’ derives from this idiom. |
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| To stand up for: |
to insist on, to demand; to defend, to support. |
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| To cut corners: |
to economize, to save money. |
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