break up »
Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
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call it a day »
To cease the activity for the day.
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call it a night »
To cease what one has been doing for the night.
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cease fire »
truce
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cease to be »
To die.
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come round »
To cease anger or hostility.
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draw stumps »
To cease doing something, at least for the day.
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dry one's eyes »
To cease crying.
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dry out »
To sober up; to cease to be drunk.
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fall away »
To cease to support a person or cause.
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fall off the wagon »
To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.
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go native »
Of a contractor or consultant, to begin working directly as an employee for a company and cease to work through a contracting firm or agency.
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go off the boil »
Cease to boil when heat is no longer applied.
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go out the window »
To vanish or cease, especially due to lack of care, attention, etc.; to be discarded, disregarded, or ignored.
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lock up »
To cease responding, to freeze.
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lose the plot »
To cease to be behaving in a predictable and/or rational manner.
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lose touch »
To cease to be familiar with someone or something or to cease to communicate or have contact.
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morning, noon and night »
Constantly; ceaselessly; without stopping.
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pull the plug »
To cease from production or publication.
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pull the plug »
To cease life support.
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pull the plug »
To cease to support; to halt.
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pull up stumps »
To cease doing something, at least for the day.
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rest his soul »
Used parenthetically to mark the referent as being deceased.
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set down »
Simple sum of parts set + down, to place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.
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split up »
Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
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swear off »
To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as of a bad habit.
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turn in one's grave »
To be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased.
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