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  • 21talk (you) through (something) — to explain something in detail to someone. Phil was looking for someone to talk him through the new computer system …

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  • 22thread your fingers through something — phrase to push your fingers through something, especially hair Thesaurus: to touch, or to pick up someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: thread …

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  • 23pull through something — pull through (something) to experience difficulties and continue to live or succeed. I didn t think he d survive, but he somehow pulled through. Those flowers can pull through a mild winter. We hope our experience will encourage them to pull… …

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  • 24carry someone through something — carry (someone) through (something) to help someone continue to exist in a difficult situation. People stocked up on food, fuel, and candles to carry them through the storm. She puts her trust in God and believes He will carry her through …

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  • 25carry through something — carry (someone) through (something) to help someone continue to exist in a difficult situation. People stocked up on food, fuel, and candles to carry them through the storm. She puts her trust in God and believes He will carry her through …

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  • 26cut a swath through something — cut a swath/swathe through (something) to cause a lot of destruction, death, or harm in a particular place or among a particular group of people. Violent electrical storms cut a swath through parts of the South yesterday. The AIDS epidemic has… …

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  • 27cut a swathe through something — cut a swath/swathe through (something) to cause a lot of destruction, death, or harm in a particular place or among a particular group of people. Violent electrical storms cut a swath through parts of the South yesterday. The AIDS epidemic has… …

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  • 28leaf through something — leaf through (something) to turn pages, briefly looking at them. We leafed through some old photo albums. The detective leafed through some papers on the desk, looking for clues to my father s disappearance …

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  • 29put someone through (something) — put (someone/yourself) through (something) to pay for someone or for yourself to go to school. I ended up putting my granddaughter through school. My father wasn t well and couldn t work, so all of us kids put ourselves through college …

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  • 30put yourself through (something) — put (someone/yourself) through (something) to pay for someone or for yourself to go to school. I ended up putting my granddaughter through school. My father wasn t well and couldn t work, so all of us kids put ourselves through college …

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