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someone something — someone something) ● plate … Useful english dictionary
link (someone/something) up — Word forms link (someone/something) up : present tense I/you/we/they link (someone/something) up he/she/it links (someone/something) up present participle linking (someone/something) up past tense linked (someone/something) up past participle… … English dictionary
link (someone/something) up — Word forms link (someone/something) up : present tense I/you/we/they link (someone/something) up he/she/it links (someone/something) up present participle linking (someone/something) up past tense linked (someone/something) up past participle… … English dictionary
fit someone/something in — (or into) find room or have sufficient space for someone or something can you fit any more books into the box? ■ succeed in finding time in a busy schedule to see someone or do something you re never too busy to fit exercise into your life … Useful english dictionary
ring someone/something in — (or out) usher someone or something in (or out) by or as if by ringing a bell the bells were beginning to ring out the old year … Useful english dictionary
talk someone/something up — (or down) discuss someone or something in a way that makes them seem more (or less) interesting or attractive … Useful english dictionary
hand someone something — tv. to tell someone something; to tell someone nonsense. □ Don’t hand me that stuff! That’s silly! □ She handed me a line about being a famous author … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
spot someone (something) — 1. tv. to give an advantage to someone. □ I’ll spot you twenty points. □ No need to spot me. I’m the greatest! 2. tv. to lend someone something. □ Can you spot me a few bucks? □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
shut someone/something up — 1 I haven t shut the hens up yet.: See shut someone/something in. 2 (informal) that should shut them up: QUIETEN (DOWN), silence, hush, shush, quiet … Useful english dictionary
hook someone/something up — (or hook up) link or be linked to electronic equipment Ali was hooked up to an electrocardiograph … Useful english dictionary
set someone/something on — (or upon) cause or urge a person or animal to attack I was asked to leave and threatened with having dogs set upon me … Useful english dictionary
