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121come to grips with — verb To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation. Until she comes to grips with her mothers death, she has no hope of putting it behind her …
122ride with the punches — verb a) (of a boxer) To deflect the force of an opponents punches by moving the body adroitly b) (by extension) To cope with adversity by being flexible Syn: roll with the punches …
123break with — verb To cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc). His bones were broken with a club …
124get with — verb a) To be in the company of; to accompany; to become intimate with. The stallion got with foal three out of four mares. b) To impregnate …
125get in with — verb To become involved or associated with (especially a group of people) Im very worried about her ndash; shes got in with the wrong crowd …
126rule with an iron fist — verb To rule with absolute authority or to the detriment of the people. To rule tyrannically. He considered himself king of his castle, and he rules with an iron fist …
127run around with — verb To spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often used to talk about a persons group of friends that one does not like much. Im not happy about the friends my son is running around with at the moment …
128get off with (someone) — Verb. To achieve an intimate or sexual communing with (someone). E.g. I presume you got off with that bloke last night, being as you didn t come home? …
