beefed out »
Having been improved greatly or upgraded; beefed up.
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beyond one's pay grade »
Beyond one's capability.
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beyond one's pay grade »
Beyond one's level of authority.
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bump up »
To promote a person to a higher grade.
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make the grade »
To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit.
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rub it in »
To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another.
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take its toll »
To affect, especially negatively; to damage or degrade; to cause destruction.
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two wrongs don't make a right »
(ethics) A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.1915, William MacLeod Raine, The Highgrader, ch. 15:"But when it comes to taking what belongs to another
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