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plow throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.Rate it:

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plow throughTo forcefully make a passage to move through.Rate it:

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pull throughA length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.Rate it:

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push throughto overcome by force or willpowerRate it:

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push throughTo force to be passedRate it:

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put one through one's pacesTo test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc.Rate it:

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put one through one's pacesTo direct a horse to walk, canter, trot, etc.Rate it:

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put throughTo pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity.Rate it:

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put throughto cause to endureRate it:

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put throughTo connect (a telephone caller with intended callee).Rate it:

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put through its pacesTo test completely; to exercise the full range of abilities or functions.Rate it:

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put through the mangleAlternative form of put through the wringer.Rate it:

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put through the wringerTo interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal.Rate it:

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rat throughTo rummage; to pick over.Rate it:

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rattle throughTo do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.Rate it:

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run throughTo impale a person with a blade, usually a sword.Rate it:

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run throughTo use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money.Rate it:

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scrape throughTo marginally manage to progress.Rate it:

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see someone throughTo constitute ample supply for one for.Rate it:

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see something throughTo fulfill a commitment.Rate it:

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see throughTo be able to predict or read someone.Rate it:

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shine throughTo be discernible despite obstruction; to be apparent or evidenced.Rate it:

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shoot throughTo leave.Rate it:

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shoot throughUsed other than as an idiom: see shoot, through.Rate it:

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sit throughTo unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event.Rate it:

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skim throughto read something hurriedly without being attached to detailsRate it:

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skim throughto go through something hastilyRate it:

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slip throughTo get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.Rate it:

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talk throughTo comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it.Rate it:

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talk through one's hatTo assert something as true or valid; to bluff.Rate it:

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talk through one's hatTo speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts.Rate it:

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Through the GrapevineSpreading of the message in an informal manner; rumors about something or spread of a confidential infoRate it:

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through the millbadly treated, abusedRate it:

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through the roofRapidly increasing.Rate it:

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wade throughTo do a boring, repetitive research task.Rate it:

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walk throughTo perform something with ease.Rate it:

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walk throughTo explain someone something, step by step.Rate it:

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walk throughTo rehearseRate it:

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walk throughUsed other than as an idiom: walk through.Rate it:

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wet throughsoaked, very wetRate it:

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whip throughTo do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.Rate it:

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win throughto attain one's goal in the end, despite obstacles along the wayRate it:

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work throughUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see work,‎ through.Rate it:

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work throughTo get past a difficult or stressful situation by thinking or talking about it.Rate it:

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does someone look likeUsed if the interlocutor seems to believe something inaccurate about; this question serves to free someone of a misconception.Rate it:

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don't just stand there like dying calf in a hailstorm.My mom said this to me sometimes when I had misbehaved if I just stood there during the scolding.Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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fit like a gloveTo be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size.Rate it:

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get on like a house on fireTo immediately start a good relationship with someoneRate it:

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grinning like a jackass eating greenbriers.Someone with a goofy grin, especially if inappropriate.Rate it:

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